atia ▁also ▁er red ." ▁ ▁Ste pin ac ▁was ▁sum mon ed ▁to ▁Rome ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁where ▁he ▁delivered ▁a ▁nine - page ▁document ▁detail ing ▁various ▁mis de eds ▁of ▁Pav eli ć . ▁This ▁document ▁described ▁the ▁at roc ities ▁as ▁" an om al ies " ▁that ▁were ▁either ▁unknown ▁or ▁una ut hor ized ▁by ▁Pav eli ć ▁himself ; ▁it ▁is ▁omitted ▁from ▁the ▁AD SS . ▁However , ▁by ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁the ▁V at ican ▁" pre ferred ▁to ▁have ▁Ste pin ac ▁try ▁to ▁rein ▁the ▁fasc ists ▁in ▁rather ▁than ▁risk ▁the ▁effect ▁that ▁a ▁pap al ▁den unci ation ▁would ▁have ▁on ▁the ▁un stable ▁Cro at ian ▁state ." ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Eug ene ▁T isser ant , ▁future ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁of ▁Card inals , ▁" we ▁have ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁all ▁cl erg ymen ▁who ▁participated ▁in ▁these ▁at roc ities ▁and ▁we ▁shall ▁pun ish ▁them ▁at ▁the ▁right ▁time ▁to ▁clean se ▁our ▁conscience ▁of ▁the ▁st ain ▁with ▁which ▁they ▁sp otted ▁us ." ▁P ius ▁XII ▁was ▁well - in formed ▁of ▁the ▁invol vement ▁of ▁Cro at ian ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁cler gy ▁with ▁the ▁U sta š a , ▁but ▁decided ▁against ▁condem ning ▁them ▁or ▁even ▁taking ▁action ▁against ▁the ▁involved ▁cler gy , ▁who ▁had ▁" jo ined ▁in ▁the ▁sla ugh ter ", ▁fear ing ▁it ▁would ▁lead ▁to ▁sch ism