Priest convicted of genocide.ARUSHA, Tanzania -- A Rwandan priest has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for participating in his country's genocide genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the International Herald-Tribune, Father Athanase Seromban was found guilty of ordering a militia militia (məlĭsh`ə), military organization composed of citizens enrolled and trained for service in times of national emergency. Its ranks may be filled either by enlistment or conscription. to set fire to a church where 2,000 people were seeking refuge. When the fire failed to kill all inside, he ordered the building demolished de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. . Seromban is not the only Catholic minister convicted. In November a nun was sentenced to 30 years in prison for aiding a massacre in a hospital, and two other nuns were convicted in a Belgian court in 2001. |
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