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Associated Press (---.---.0.27) 16 octobre 2006 16:02

Report : Kidnappers of beheaded priest demanded apology for pope’s comments

MOSUL, Iraq Relatives of a beheaded Iraqi priest say his captors had demanded a church apology for recent papal comments about Islam. They say the Orthodox priest was abducted Sunday by an unidentified group, which demanded a ransom. The kidnappers also wanted the priest’s church to condemn controversial recent remarks by Pope Benedict. In a speech last month, the pope quoted a medieval text describing Islam as a religion spread by the sword.

The relatives said the priest’s church had already posted signs condemning the pope’s statement. A similar message was posted again after the abduction.

The priest’s son had apparently been talking with the kidnappers by phone, and had agreed to pay a 40-thousand dollar ransom. But contact abruptly ceased Tuesday night. The priest’s decapitated body was found yesterday in the northern Iraq city of Mosul.


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