Juan María Fernández y Krohn
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Juan María Fernández y Krohn (born in Spain in 1950) was ordained a Catholic priest in 1978, though known for his extreme ultra-conservative political and religious views. He was made a member of the Society of Saint Pius X in 1979, but was expelled from the group the following year.
On May 12, 1982 he tried to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet in Fatima, Portugal; during his trial he claimed he was opposed to the reforms of Vatican II, and believed Pope John Paul II had been in league with the Soviet Union. He received a six-year sentence, though he only served three years and then was expelled from Portugal, and moved to Belgium.
He was arrested again in July 2000 after climbing over a security barricade at the Royal Palace of Brussels, intent on killing either King Albert or the approaching Spanish King Juan Carlos.
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