Jerzy Popiełuszko was a Roman Catholic priest from Poland. He was associated with workers and trade unionists from the Solidarity movement who opposed the Communist regime in Poland. He was a staunch anti-communist, and in his sermons, interwove spiritual exhortations with political messages, criticizing the Communist system and motivating people to protest. Because of that on October 19, 1984 he was kidnapped, tortured and murdered by three agents of the Polish communist internal intelligence agency.