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WORLD, Page 33World NotesFRANCEA Fugitive Unfrocked
For weeks he had been living in the tranquil priory of
Saint-Francois in Nice. Then one morning last week, police swooped
down and arrested Paul Touvier, 74, the intelligence chief of the
Lyons militia during the Nazi Occupation. Twice after World War II,
Touvier was sentenced to death for collaborating with the Nazis and
torturing and executing French Resistance members. He escaped and
stayed hidden until the statute of limitations expired in 1967. In
1971 Touvier received a presidential pardon. Two years later
Touvier was charged again, this time with crimes against humanity,
to which the statute does not apply. Again he escaped.
The Touvier case has raised embarrassing questions. Police
followed his trail through several Catholic monasteries.
Saint-Francois is run by right-wing followers of Monsignor Marcel
Lefebvre, the schismatic bishop excommunicated last year. Asked
Richard Wertenschlag, Grand Rabbi of Lyons: "How could
ecclesiastical institutions give cover to one who committed crimes
against humanity?"