A Catholic priest in Spain who was facing jail time for making remarks critical of radical Islam has been acquitted.

Father Custodio Ballester was accused of violating Spain's hate law after he answered a question posed in 2016 about an interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims.

"I thank God and the Christian people who supported me with their prayers and their presence in court," Ballester told Fox News Digital in a statement earlier this week.

Ballester, fellow priest Fr Jesús Calvo, and journalist Armando Robles were arrested and charged under the country's hate-speech law and faced multiple years in prison.

Abogados Cristianos, a faith-based advocacy group, announced the court's decision, stating that the court found "there is no hate crime."

According to Europa Press ,

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