Alaska

    "After the survivor of the Spanish conquest has told his life's story he is
 convicted by the Inquisition:

   "He posted no brief in defense or mitigation of his offenses, and
    when he was most solemnly advised by the Court President of the dire
    consequences he faced if found guilty, Juan Damasceno volunteered
    only one comment:

    'It will mean I do not go to the Christian heaven?'

 He was told that that would indeed be the worst of his punishments:
 that he would most assuredly not go to Heaven. At which, his smile
 sent a thrill of horror through every soul of the Court."
                  ["Aztec", by Gary Jennings]