FRANCE
Expatica
A French judge had sought the testimony of the new pope over the killing of a French priest in 1976 during Argentina’s brutal dictatorship but Buenos Aires snubbed her, a lawyer said Thursday.
Judge Sylvie Caillard had wanted Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio to testify in 2011 in the investigation of French priest Gabriel Longueville but “the Argentinian authorities did not respond positively,” said Sophie Thonon, the lawyer for Longueville’s family.
Thonon said this was deemed necessary to cast light on whether there were any archival material on the murder.
“This pope is certainly not a great figure in the defence of human rights,” Thonon said.
“On the contrary, he is suspected of not having denounced the crimes of the dictatorship and not having demanded explanations and therefore covered up these acts by his silence.”
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