Dacic: Attempt of rehabilitating Stepinac at EP inconceivable

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday it was inconceivable the European Parliament was to host a conference aimed at revisionism and another attempt of historical rehabilitation of Croatia's Roman Catholic Archbishop Alojzij Stepinac.

In a written statement to Tanjug, Dacic noted that Stepinac had played a significant role in the WWII-era Independent State of Croatia.

"Many members of his clergy were actively involved in crimes and mass killings and cooperated with the Ustasha Nazis until the very end of their rule. Immediately after the proclamation of the Independent State of Croatia, Stepinac issued an epistle requesting that the clergy unreservedly heed a call to take part in the elevated task of defending and advancing the Independent State of Croatia. In a letter to Pope Pius XII, he himself boasted that 250,000 Orthodox Christians were converted...

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