This surprising story, reported by AP, just came across our desk.
A snip:
"The Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador opposes reopening the prosecution of Salvadoran officials in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, the cleric said Sunday. Human rights activists have pushed for a trial of a former president and 14 other Salvadoran officials in Spain, where five of the killed Jesuits were born.
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle called the killings at the height of the country’s 1980-92 civil war "a frightful crime," but said he was sure that former President Alfredo Cristiani was not involved. "Opening this case in another country’s courts won’t help the process of domestic reconciliation," he said. "El Salvador’s affairs should be resolved in El Salvador."
The Jesuit order in El Salvador also decided not to participate in the Spanish case, Jesuit university rector Father Jose Maria Tojeira said." --AP
Above photo: A candlelight vigil in San Salvador in 2008, commemorating the 1989 murder of six Jesuits and their companions. (From the AP story)
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