Augustin Misago, whose diocese is Gikongoro in southwest Rwanda, was
taken to a police station in the capital after being seized at the papal
nuncio's residence, the public prosecutor's office said.
Gikongoro's case was raised April 7 by President Pasteur Bizimungu
during ceremonies to mark the fifth anniversary of the massacre of up to
800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus between April and July 1994.
``Across Rwanda, Christians spoke about Bishop Misago who is accused of
genocide and has not been arrested,'' Bizimungu said.
``We have waited for the Catholic Church to speak about his case, we
have waited for the party in question himself to deny the information and
we have been waiting for this for five years,'' added the president.
``Even if his innocence ends up being proved, we will ask the Vatican
to rid us of this man, that he be sent away from Rwanda so that our
society can be purged of this bishop in whom the faithful no longer have
confidence,'' he added.
Catholic bishop accused of genocide arrested in Rwandan capital