The Bizkaia Priests Forum has asked the current bishop of Bilbao Joseba Segura and his predecessor Mario Iceta to publicly apologize for removing his office.
Euskaraz irakurri: Auzitegi Nazionalak itxi egin du Lemoako apaizari, ETA goratzea leporatuta, jarri zioten kereila
The National Court has considered that the statements made in 2020 by the then pastor of Lemoa (Bizkaia) in a documentary on ETA did not attempt to elevate terrorism and decided to close the lawsuit filed against him by the Dignity and Justice Association (DyJ).
As reported by the Bizkaia Priests Forum, an AN order dated November 8 has decided to end the trial of that priest and for this reason they have asked the current Bishop of Bilbao Joseba Segura, and his predecessor Mario Iceta, to publicly apologize for pushing him away your exercise.
In October 2020, Dignity and justice filed a complaint against Mikel Azpeitia, pastor of that congregation in Vizcaya, because he believed that his statements in the documentary “Bajo el silencio” justified ETA’s terrorism and humiliated its victims.
That group urged the bishops’ conference to immediately suspend the priest from all his functions related to the Catholic Church.
The priest apologized to the victims for their “unfortunate” wordsalthough the Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Bilbao rejected his statements and considered that he should accept the resulting legal consequences, Mario Iceta, as Bishop of Bilbao and Joseba Segura, as Auxiliary Bishop, among other members of that Council, said that they expelled him from removed “ecclesiastical offices”.
In this documentary, “which aims to revive the situation that has arisen in the Basque Country as a result of the existence of the terrorist organization ETA”, “it is not possible to guess, even indicative, the existence of phrases, phrases or words that seek to elevate or justify terrorism or terrorists,” the AN said.
The Bizkaia priests forum He warned the bishops that stopping his activities as a priest was “obeying media orders more than accurate information about the facts” and blaming them for their lack of “caution”, as well as their “disinformation, haste and peril” in the adopted decision.
This group of priests explained this Sunday that the judicial resolution has determined that the pastor’s statements “do not imply an unequivocal message of violence or an endorsement of its use, directly or indirectly.”
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Source: EITB
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