Pressure from the Holy See on the Italian government is reported to be
the
reason why a Hutu priest, living in Florence, has not been handed over
to
the U.N. tribunal to be tried for allegedly committing genocide in
Rwanda.
The Rev. Athanase Seromba, now attached to the Florentine church of San
Mauro a Signa, is accused of ordering the bulldozing of his church in
Nyange, Rwanda, on April 16, 1994. Some 2,500 Tutsi were crushed to
death.
Now known as Don Anastasio Sumba Bura, he says he had nothing to do with
the
Nyange massacre and wants to be left in peace. Carla Del Ponte, the
tribunal's chief prosecutor, says, "It's a scandal. Belgrade has handed
over
Milosevic, but Rome won't grant me this arrest." Three other Rwandan
suspects, including another priest, were arrested last week on the
tribunal's orders in Belgium, Switzerland and the Netherlands. A few
weeks
ago the Vatican questioned the objectivity of a Belgian court that gave
two
Rwandan Benedictine nuns long jail sentences for genocide. Rakiya Omaar,
the
director of African Rights, a respected London-based human rights
organization, said: "At the very least the church should have mounted an
inquiry."
UPI
Serbian News Network - SNN
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