Opera chief Ókovács says prayers should include detained politician Hodász

The former Catholic priest and current head of the Magyar Állami Operaház posted on social media to rebuke Hodász András for refusing to pray for certain detained Fidesz politicians. Ókovács said that offering prayers for those in pre-trial custody is harmless and that excluding them is problematic because it ignores the legal principle of innocence until proven guilty. He added that priests regularly enter prisons to pray for convicted individuals, and that condemning suspects without a verdict is a form of vigilante justice. Ókovács emphasized that Christian doctrine does not support selective prayer and warned that such attitudes foster a "quasi-priestly" public perception. He concluded that Hodász himself should be included in prayers, as he is metaphorically "in prison" by his own views.