ARGENTINA
New Zealand Herald
An Argentinian judge in charge of the “Dirty War” case concerning two priests who were arrested and tortured has rejected claims that Pope Francis played a role in the crime.
Judge German Castelli told La Nacion it was “totally false” to suggest that Jorge Bergoglio, as the Pontiff was then known, had been complicit in turning over the priests to Argentina’s military rulers in 1976.
“It is totally false to say that Jorge Bergoglio delivered these priests. We addressed this issue, we heard the allegations, we reviewed the facts and we felt there was no case to answer. If we had done we would have prosecuted,” Castelli told the paper.
“There cannot be any questions about it because a court has cleared him,” Castelli added.
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