"I told her to teach since she had the professional ability to do so. Did we obstruct state supervision? The clause says 'if they obstructed state supervision of the economic provision of churches'. That has nothing to do with it. They twisted it to fit the clause and that was that. They investigated some kids. They had it covered. They had a teacher or somebody as the state supervisor, and we couldn't fault them for their actions. They withdrew my approval to be a priest for two years. We both stood there and got a suspended sentence. It was 1984, and there was an amnesty in 1985."
"It started with me signing up for a leadership course. Everything was rushed and we didn't know how long it would last. Honza Dobiáš AKA Bear and I were in charge of a group of wolf cubs in Kutná Hora. Then we did three camps nearby with Štěnda as the cook. There were four camps together with a shared kitchen in the middle where everyone met for meals. Everything was hasty and makeshift and we knew it wouldn't last very long. We were allowed to do the third camp but the organisation was already disbanded. I believe that scouting instils in young people important principles for life. I always tell parents at scouting events to let their kids experience this; it will go a long way, all their life."
"When I got back to ministry, the StB kept calling me. I was already trained by then and asked them to give me back the items they had taken from me. They told me they had erased my tapes with magnets and would return them but I would not be able to listen to them. I told them this was quite a sting on their part, and they told me to proceed to the next point and asked which of the priests I had met in Prague. I told them, 'Gentlemen, I will not give the names of my friends to you. I'm not a double-crosser.' They said I was asking for trouble. I told them it was likely and that they could do whatever they wanted with me. I was in their control, that I would rather wear dirty overalls with a clean conscience than a white robe with a dirty conscience. Nothing happened."
"The servants say, 'Lord, this place is filthy. Shall we weed it out and clean it?' The Lord says, 'Let both grow until the harvest. The day will come when the good will be separated from the evil.' Everyone must strive to make the world a better within the radius they can reach. We thank the Lord for peaceful times. But the devil, the sower of evil, is here. And it is up to us to say NO to him!"
Mons. Josef Kajnek was born in Kutná Hora on 18 April 1949. His father died of cancer before his fifth birthday. He was brought up in a Christian spirit from early on, serving as an altar boy at St. James Church in Kutná Hora and attending mass and religion classes regularly. He decided to become a priest in his youth and entered the Faculty of Theology in Litoměřice. Josef Kajnek was ordained priest on 26 June 1976 and sent to Česká Třebová as a chaplain. He was assigned to Písečná as an administrator one year later and to Ústí nad Orlicí after another three years. By his own recollection, he never wanted to get into trouble with the communist regime, so he did not oppose it strongly. Still, his state approval was withdrawn for obstructing the state supervision of churches in 1984 and he was sentenced conditionally. All he did was consent for a catechist to teach religion to children without the permission of the church secretary. He then worked at Státní lesy (forestry) and Metrostov for more than a year before returning to priestly ministry. He then served as an administrator in Chomutice near Hořice, in Lázně Bělohrad and in Pardubice. The StB did not leave him alone, however, and summoned him for questioning several more times. After the collapse of the communist regime, Bishop Karel Otčenášek called him to serve as vicar general in 1990. He received episcopal consecration in December 1992 and was also made a consecrating bishop. Due to total exhaustion from his work in the diocese, he returned to pastoral ministry in the parish of Jablonné nad Orlicí from 1998 to 2001. Since 2011 he has been the Vicar General of the Diocese of Hradec Králové.
