I don't personally believe that Fr. Alexis Toth is a saint, but that does not give me permission to make such uncharitable comments about him.
Holy Hieromartyr Josaphat, pray for us!
St. Alexis Toth does not personally persecute Christians of other denominations not have the support of the government behind him. There is no comparison.
Wikipedia has a revealing article on him. Here is part:
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"As a *{Byzantine Catholic)* , Toth honored the custom that required him to visit the local Roman Catholic bishop in his new area, even though as a Ruthenian Catholic he had been given authority to serve in Minneapolis by his own prelate and did not require the Roman bishop's permission to function as a priest there. The Catholic bishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis at this time was John Ireland, who was involved in attempts to "Americanize" German and other Catholic immigrants, and who desired the expulsion of all *(Byzantine Catholic)* clergy from the United States. When speaking of their meeting, Toth later reported that Bishop Ireland became angry and threw Toth's priestly credentials onto his table while ardently protesting his presence in the city. Ireland even insisted that neither Toth nor his bishop were Catholic at all, in clear contradiction of the Union of Brest and Papal decrees to the contrary. Toth reported that the conversation became more heated as it progressed, with both men losing their tempers.
Ireland refused to give Toth permission to serve as a priest in Minneapolis, although such permission was not legally required under Catholic law (as Toth was Ruthenian Catholic, and thus under a separate synod of bishops from the Roman Catholic church). He furthermore ordered the Roman Catholic parishes and priests in the city not to have anything to do with Toth or his parishioners."
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This is beyond outrageous. No wonder Father Toth converted to Russian Orthodoxy.
N.B. Original article in wikipedia has the U word instead of *(Byzantine Catholic)*. I changed it because of the policy of the board, so it is not a completely 100% accurate quote from wikipedia. But the full article is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Toth