U.N. Prosecutor Faults Vatican in Fugitive Hunt (war criminal)

[moobu2]

The Vatican is hiding war criminals again.

U.N. Prosecutor Faults Vatican in Fugitive Hunt

By Molly Moore
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, September 21, 2005; A14



PARIS, Sept. 20 -- The chief prosecutor for the U.N. tribunal for Balkans war crimes has said that a Roman Catholic monastery in Croatia is sheltering a fugitive Croatian general charged with atrocities against Serb civilians and that the Vatican has refused pleas to help find him.

Carla Del Ponte of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia told Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper that she did not know the name of the monastery that she believes is giving refuge to the fugitive, Ante Gotovina. He is accused of overseeing the murders of at least 150 Serbs and the forced expulsion of tens of thousands near the end of the 1991-95 civil war.

Del Ponte said the Vatican was not helping her find Gotovina. "I have taken this up with the Vatican and the Vatican refuses totally to cooperate with us," the newspaper quoted her as saying.

"The Catholic Church is protecting him," she said.

washingtonpost.com

[roguevalley]

1. well. I'm glad they have their priorities straight

:sarcasm:

[Moderator]

2. duplicate

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