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Clergy Aided
War Criminal

Paris (JTA) — The French
Catholic Church has issued
a scathing report documen-
ting the help that Catholic
clergy gave to a prominent
French Nazi war col-
laborator.
The report on the aid given
Paul Touvier is the result of
an inquiry by the French
Catholic Church and cor-
roborates accusations that
have been leveled by Nazi-
hunters, Jewish groups and
others.
According to the report,
published this week, it is
clear that a very large array
of French clergy, from
monks to archbishops, lit-
erally went out of their way
to hide Mr. Touvier and help
him in other ways, said
noted French historian Rene
Remond, who chaired the
panel.
But the church, as such,
was not involved in the
coverup, Mr. Remond found.
The panel of inquiry was
commissioned last year by
Cardinal Albert Decourtray,
archbishop of Lyon and at
the time head of the French
Catholic Church.
During World War II, Mr.
Touvier headed the Vichy
Milice, or Militia, in Lyon.
According to the report, he
was especially helped by
members of what is known
as the traditionalist wing of
the church, which rejects the
Second Vatican Council and
Catholic-Jewish rapproche-
ment.
The report underscored the
help given Mr. Touvier by
two high clergy: Cardinal
Jean Villot, the Vatican's
secretary of state and former
archbishop of Lyon, and
Cardinal Villot's secretary,
Monsignor Charles Du-
quaire.
Cardinal Villot died in
1979 and Msgr. Duquaire
died in 1987.
According to the report,
Mr. Touvier became Car-
dinal Duquaire's obsession.
Mr. Remond, in trying to
grasp the clergy's attitude,
wrote, "Some of his
defenders hailed in (Touvier)
the victim of a plot of the
everlasting enemies of true
faith: Freemasons, Jews,
communists, democrats, all
those Touvier had sworn to
combat and to render
harmless."
Mr. Touvier, who is now
76, was known for his bru-
tality. He was twice con-
demned to death in absentia
for crimes against human-
ity.
He was arrested in 1947

but escaped, and police
never apprehended him un-
til May 1989, when he was
found in a Catholic priory in
Nice.
It was reported that Mr.
Touvier and his wife hid out
in various convents until
1971 or 1972, when he was
secretly granted an official
pardon for his wartime
crimes by the late French
President Georges Pom-
pidou. The statute of limita-
tions on war crimes had
come into effect, but that
was before the French
judicial system recognized
crimes against humanity.
The pardon was later
rescinded, however, and Mr.
Touvier once again went
into hiding.
Last July, Mr. Touvier was
released from jail on $10,000
bail after a closed-door court

Mr. Touvier, who is
now 76, was
known for his
brutality. He was
twice condemned
to death in
absentia for
crimes against
humanity.

hearing. No reason was
given for acceptance of his
bail request.
As a condition, however,
his passport was confiscated
and he was barred from talk-
ing with the news media. He
must report to the police
once weekly.
Responding to the report,
Jean Kahn, head of CRIF,
the representative body of
French Jewry, said he was
not surprised by the fin-
dings.
"We can only regret the
attitude of some circles of
the Catholic Church," he
said. "We learned with bit-
terness that even some of
those who helped Jews dur-
ing World War II later
helped criminals to escape
justice.
"This attitude shows an
unacceptable concept of
justice and pardon."
A court is to decide within
a month whether Mr.
Touvier will stand trial for
his crimes.
Two other French war
criminals yet to be tried are
Rene Bousquet, who was in
charge of the Vichy police,
and Maurice Papon, who or-
dered the deportation of the
Jews of Bordeaux.

