article_snippet: A German church pastor in Andreas Lubitz’s hometown insisted yesterday that the community stands by the killer co-pilot, as well as A German church pastor in Andreas Lubitz’s hometown family.
article_snippet: Pastor Michael Dietrich, from the Lutheran church in Montabaur, spoke out following the fatal crash  that claimed the lives of 150 people.
article_snippet: Priest: Mr Dietrich, said the community stands by his family .
article_snippet: Mr Dietrich (right) welcomes people at the church entrance in Montabaur, Germany, before a service to commemorate the victims .
article_snippet: Community spirit: People leave the church  in Montabaur, following a service to commemorate the victims to commemorate the victims and support the victims families .
article_snippet: Mr Dietrich added: ‘The co-pilot, his family belong to us , and us stand by this, and us embrace his family and will not hide this.
article_snippet: Mr Dietrich said Mr Dietrich knew Lubitz as a teenager, when Mr Dietrich undertook religious education 13 years ago, and Mr Dietrich mother, a part-time organist.
article_snippet: The 78-year-old pontiff cited in particular the 16 German students returning on Flight 4U9525 from an exchange trip to Spain.
article_snippet: In addition, another pastor in Montabaur, Father Johannes Seemann, added that the community was grieving with the Lubitz family, reported Bild.
article_snippet: Together: People attend a special Mass to honour the victims of the crash, at the cathedral Notre Dame de Bourg, in Digne-les-Bains, France .
article_snippet: Among the tributes left near the crash site in France included one saying: