Hundreds protest Italy funeral for Nazi criminal

[cali]

Shouting "murderer" and "executioner," hundreds of people jeered as the coffin of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke arrived Tuesday for a funeral Mass celebrated by a splinter Catholic group opposed to the Vatican's outreach to Jews.

Since Priebke's death on Friday at age 100, debate has raged over what to do with his remains. Pope Francis' vicar for Rome refused him a funeral in a Catholic Church and Rome's police chief backed him up, citing concerns for public order.

Priebke participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy during World War II, the slaughter of 335 civilians at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome. Tensions have been high ever since he died and left behind an interview in which he denied Jews were gassed in the Holocaust.

No one appeared ready to take him in until, in a surreal twist, the schismatic Society of St. Pius X in the city of Albano Laziale south of Rome stepped forward to celebrate the funeral Mass. The society, known for the anti-Semitic views of some of its members, celebrates the pre-Vatican II old Latin Mass.

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http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Hundreds-protest-Italy-funeral-for-Nazi-criminal-4896907.php

[CBGLuthier]

1. The Society of St. Pius X is the splinter group that Mel (anti-semite asshole) Gibson belongs to.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Funeral called off due to protests

Updated at link:

The funeral of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke was called off at the last minute Tuesday by his lawyer after he said police prevented friends and family members from attending amid a noisy protest against the planned memorial.

Shouting "murderer" and "executioner," hundreds of people jeered as Priebke's coffin arrived for the funeral Mass to be celebrated by a splinter Catholic group opposed to the Vatican's outreach to Jews.

But Priebke's lawyer, Paolo Giachini, told The Associated Press the funeral did not take place "because authorities did not allow people to enter who wanted to come in." The casket remained inside.

Also:

The funeral in Italy of convicted Nazi Erich Priebke has been called off after protesters surrounded his hearse.

More than 500 people came to demonstrate before the Catholic service in Albano Laziale, shouting "murderer" and "executioner" and clashing with Nazi sympathisers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24544380

[jsr]

3. WTF. Throw his carcass in a landfill.