Rome, Italy, Jan 27, 2011 / 15:54 pm
A parish priest in Turkey is calling for a “fair trial that establishes the truth” about the murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese.
Bishop Luigi Padovese was the apostolic vicar of Anatolia and the president of the bishops' conference of Turkey. He was stabbed and killed by his chauffeur in June 2010.
Fr. Domenico Bertogli, a parish priest in the Turkish city of Antioch, spoke with the Italian news agency SIR on Jan. 26 calling authorities to move forward on the case. “There is no news about a possible trial in the homicide of Bishop Padovese. Perhaps the investigations are moving forward but we do not know.”
The priest noted that Murat Altun, the man who killed Bishop Padovese, was moved to Istanbul to receive medical treatment.