Vatican denies church is shielding war criminal
{{date|September 20, 2005}}

[[w:United Nations|United Nations]] Chief War Crimes prosecutor, [[w:Carla Del Ponte|Carla Del Ponte]], prosecutor for the [[w:International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia]] has accused the [[w:Roman Catholic Church|Catholic Church]] in [[w:Croatia|Croatia]] of shielding one of the most wanted war criminals of the conflict in the region.

The Vatican has denied the accusation that it is shielding the alleged war criminal, General [[w:Ante Gotovina|Ante Gotovina]], claiming they have sought clarification on Ms del Ponte's accusation that the General is being sheltered in a monastery in Croatia.

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|title= War crimes chief accuses Vatican
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|pub=BBC News Online
|date=September 20, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/20/wponte20.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/20/ixworld.html
|title= Vatican accused of shielding 'war criminal'
|author=David Rennie
|pub=The Telegraph
|date=September 20, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0505323.htm
|title=Vatican denies it is hiding Croatian general accused of war crimes
|author=Cindy Wooden
|pub=Catholic News Service
|date=September 20, 2005}}

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|title=Vatican denies aiding war suspect
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|pub=BBC News Online
|date=September 20, 2005}}

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United Nations Chief War Crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has accused the Catholic Church in Croatia of shielding one of the most wanted war criminals of the conflict in the region.

The Vatican has denied the accusation that it is shielding the alleged war criminal, General Ante Gotovina, claiming they have sought clarification on Ms del Ponte's accusation that the General is being sheltered in a monastery in Croatia.

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