Slobodan Šiljak (1881 in

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– December 5, 1943 in

) was a Montenegrin priest in the

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who was sainted by the church in 2005. Šiljak studied theology in Prizren. He served as a military chaplain in the

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.Pop Dušan Prijović was also a war criminal
,

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Šiljak was executed by a local

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unit during

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on December 5, 1943 as an "enemy of the people". He was proclaimed a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church in May 2005 in

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despite protests by groups from Pljevlja that he was a war criminal. Milosava Strunjaš has come forward claiming that Šiljak was responsible for the death of her father Rajko Cerović.Canonization of rehabilitation

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Siljak, Slobodan 1881 births 1943 deaths 20th-century Serbian people Serbian saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church Serbian Orthodox clergy Montenegrin military personnel of the Balkan Wars Montenegrin people of World War II Serbian military personnel of the Balkan Wars Serbian people of World War II Serbs of Montenegro People from Pljevlja