Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Zadar, Croatia · 2025

Fr Darko Marušić (Zadar): criminal conviction for child exploitation and attempted sexual abuse

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Catholic parish priest

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Marušić used his standing and access as a parish priest to gain proximity to and the trust of a minor within the parish community.

Pastoral or clerical authority

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Proceedings

2025-11-01 · conviction and sentence

Općinski sud u Zadru (Zadar Municipal Court), Croatia. The Zadar Municipal Court convicted Catholic parish priest Darko Marušić of exposing a minor to pornographic content, child exploitation for pornography, and attempted sexual abuse of a child under 15, and sentenced him to 3 years 10 months. He had been in pretrial detention since the prior December; the diocese removed him from duties.

Documented coercion mechanisms

parish access and pastoral trust

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Svećenik u Zadru osuđen zbog dječje pornografije i spolne zlouporabe djeteta', Net.hr (Croatian), 2025.: Net.hr reports the Zadar Municipal Court conviction of the priest and the 3 year 10 month sentence.
regional newspaper court reporting disposition corroboration 'Darko Marušić dobio je jednu od najvećih kazni među svećenicima u Hrvatskoj', Zadarski list / Novi list (Croatian).: Zadarski list corroborates the sentence and context.

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Source and tier basis: https://net.hr/danas/vijesti/svecenik-u-zadru-osuden-zbog-djecje-pornografije-i-spolne-zlouporabe-djeteta-b1add4ae-c54d-11f0-8a26-9600040c8f8e Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 c72ba2cc0971b9f98247ddf790527fcca808d8fa2d36d228d68deb2353c1b823
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://zadarskilist.novilist.hr/zadar-zupanija/zupanija/darko-marusic-dobio-je-jednu-od-najvecih-kazni-medu-svecenicima-u-hrvatskoj-no-brojni-seksualni-delikti-u-crkvi-ostaju-neprocesuirani/ Corpus classification: regional-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: disposition-corroboration. SHA-256 1f033137afa183dc1d5ce9005e169cf341a19271128bdb555c51f5b753543701
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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