Rwandan priest in UK accused of role in genocide

A Rwandan priest living in the United Kingdom is being investigated by the Church of England, over allegations that he was a propagandist for the Rwandan government during the 1994 genocide.

Jonathan Ruhumuliza, who had been appointed by St Mary and All Saints church in Hampton Lovett, Worcestershire in 2005, is also accused of collaborating with another Anglican bishop in sending Tutsis to their deaths.

Ruhumuliza’s appointee Peter Selby, the former bishop of Worcester, called the allegations "deeply shocking", adding,

"If there is a level of complicity in the genocide of the kind that the human rights document states then I find it completely astonishing and unacceptable that that's not dealt with by due legal process. Which would result, I think, first of all in his not being allowed to stay here but which might result in the matter being referred to criminal authorities."

Ruhumuliza was once described by Human Rights Watch as an "acting as a spokesman for the genocidal government".

See the full report from the Guardian here.

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