'Dirty War' priest gets life term


	'Dirty War' priest gets life term

jklugman

10-9-2007 10:24 PM

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argentina, dirty war, catholicism, human-rights, torture, religion

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10-9-2007 11:16 PM

BobbyRutan

Welcome back. Hope your classes you are instructing are going well.

10-9-2007 11:43 PM

ratilfar

Me alegro...

About time!

10-10-2007 7:05 AM

jklugman

Thanks BobbyRutan...

10-10-2007 9:01 PM

kkcapricorn

Well, those priests do know their business, after all they were the Grand Inquisitors. Torquemada would be proud.
by the way:
Nice to see you back

10-13-2007 11:47 AM

Kore7

Hey Josh.

10-13-2007 11:51 AM

jklugman

Hey Jason!

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<FONT size="2">Christian Von Wernich, 69, was convicted for involvement in seven murders, 42 abductions and 31 cases of torture during the 1976-83 "Dirty War".</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7035294.stm">At the trial, several former prisoners said the former Roman Catholic priest used his office to win their trust before passing information to police torturers and killers in secret detention centres.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7035294.stm">They say he attended several torture sessions and absolved the police of blame, telling them they were doing God's work.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7035294.stm">The church has remained silent on the case, saying it was waiting for the verdict, but it will again be asked about the role did it play in the "Dirty War", he adds.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0F95349C-7335-43DF-BD88-00EB805DE9A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>