"We stand deeply moved before the victim of a show trial who was tortured, sentenced to death and executed based on false testimony."
Born in 1914 and a printer by profession, Sandor served in the Hungarian army during World War II, delaying his wish to join the Salesians. After the war, during which he was briefly an American prisoner, he became a mentor to young men under his care at the order's print shop.
Sandor continued his educational work even after most of Hungary's religious orders were dissolved in 1950. His superiors advised him to escape from Hungary, but he assumed a false identity and worked at a chemicals factory until he was found out and arrested in July 1952 by the AVH, the regime's secret police.
Beatification, the next-to-last step to canonization as a saint, bestows the title of "blessed."