▁including ▁war ▁crim inals , ▁were ▁hous ed ▁in ▁the ▁Pont ific al ▁Cro at ian ▁College ▁of ▁St ▁Jer ome ▁in ▁Rome . ▁By ▁the ▁spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁the ▁V at ican ▁was ▁putting ▁inten se ▁diplom atic ▁pressure ▁on ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁the ▁UK ▁not ▁to ▁extr ad ite ▁U sta š a ▁war ▁crim inals ▁to ▁Y ug oslav ia . ▁Special ▁Agent ▁G ow en ▁war ned ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁that , ▁due ▁to ▁Pav eli ć ' s ▁record ▁of ▁oppos ing ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁Church ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Commun ism , ▁his ▁" contact s ▁are ▁so ▁high ▁and ▁his ▁present ▁position ▁is ▁so ▁comprom ising ▁to ▁the ▁V at ican , ▁that ▁any ▁extr ad ition ▁of ▁the ▁subject ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁st agger ing ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church ." ▁Ph ayer ▁cont ends ▁that ▁the ▁fe ared ▁embar rass ment ▁of ▁the ▁Church ▁was ▁not ▁due ▁to ▁Pav eli ć ' s ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁V at ican ▁" rat line " ▁( which ▁Pav eli ć ▁at ▁this ▁point , ▁still ▁hoping ▁to ▁return , ▁had ▁not ▁yet ▁committed ▁to ▁using ), ▁but ▁rather ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁facts ▁the ▁V at ican ▁believed ▁would ▁be ▁revealed ▁in ▁an ▁event ual ▁trial ▁of ▁Pav eli ć , ▁which ▁never ▁occurred . ▁ ▁Ph ayer ▁wrote ▁that ▁P ius ▁XII ▁believed ▁Pav eli ć ▁and ▁other ▁war ▁crim inals ▁could ▁not ▁get ▁a ▁fair ▁trial ▁in