was officially silent, although the Reverend Rubén Capitanio was called as a witness and was required to testify during the trial. He condemned the Roman Catholic Church's "complicity" in atrocities during the Dirty War. He said, "There are some that think that this trial is an attack on the church, and I want to say that this is a service to the church. This is helping us search for the truth." On Wernich's conviction, his superior, Bishop Martín Elizalde, apologised for Wernich being "so far from the requirements of the mission commended to him." When in 2010 it was reported that Wernich was still being permitted to officiate as a priest at Mass in prison, the bishop said that "at the appropriate time von Wernich's situation will have to be resolved in accordance with canonical law." See also Dirty War Forced disappearance Religion in Argentina Miguel Etchecolatz Pope Francis References External links Information on von Wernich's trial provided by APDH La Plata A site supporting von Wernich as "a prisoner of war and political prisoner" 1938 births Living people Argentine people of German descent Operatives of the Dirty War 20th-century Argentine Roman Catholic priests Argentine prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Argentina Place of birth missing (living people) Members of the clergy convicted of murder Catholic priests convicted of murder 21st-century Argentine Roman Catholic priests Police misconduct in Argentina People convicted of kidnapping