Yeah, he was a commie. The only significant thing about him is that he reined for 33 days, a Freemasonic number of perfection. Who knows if he is really even dead or if he was just part of some ritual, and now he is sipping Mai Tais in Waikiki.
The idea that he was going to restore the Church to tradition, and was murdered for that reason, is a fausse piste.