VATICAN CITY, APR 16, 2000 (VIS) - A communique from the Rwandan Episcopal Conference, dated April 14, was published today in which the conference members recall that one year ago, on April 14, 1999, their fellow bishop, Msgr. Augustin Misago, was arrested and detained in Kigali's Central Prison.
Following three days of interrogation, they write, Bishop Misago was imprisoned on April 16, 1999 and is still there. He has appeared several times in court and the bishops write that "his three defense lawyers are optimistic about the good outcome of his trial."
They conclude: "Yesterday, April 13 and today, April 14, the members of the episcopal conference visited him to give him witness of their collegial sympathy. They prayed with him and asked God's blessing on him as a sign of the shared confidence that they have in God, the Just Judge."
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Following three days of interrogation, they write, Bishop Misago was imprisoned on April 16, 1999 and is still there. He has appeared several times in court and the bishops write that "his three defense lawyers are optimistic about the good outcome of his trial."
They conclude: "Yesterday, April 13 and today, April 14, the members of the episcopal conference visited him to give him witness of their collegial sympathy. They prayed with him and asked God's blessing on him as a sign of the shared confidence that they have in God, the Just Judge."
OP;BISHOP PRISON;...;RWANDA; MISAGO;VIS;20000417;Word: 140;
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