[citation needed] Rusca was briefly arrested in 1608 and acquitted of breaching rules in relation to respect of religious tolerance.

In 1618, he was taken by force by several soldiers and was accused of being part of violence against ministers of the Protestant faith and was subsequently arrested.

Pope Benedict XVI declared that Rusca died in hatred of the faith and proclaimed him to be a martyr on 19 December 2011, thus paving the way for his beatification.

[citation needed] Many Protestants in the Swiss canton of Graubünden considered this act a provocation, and the Evangelical Reformed Church Was critical of the beatification.

[3] The local Bishop of Chur and the Reformed Church head issued a joint statement of supporting reconciliation.