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January 23, 2013

Turkish court sentences driver for 2010 murder of bishop

Bishop Luigi Padovese of Anatolia, president of the Turkish bishops' conference, was stabbed to death June 3, 2010 at his home in Iskenderun, Turkey. Bishop Padovese is pictured in a 2007 photo in Trabzon, Turkey.

VATICAN CITY - A Turkish court sentenced Murat Altun to 15 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese, apostolic vicar of Anatolia.

Published in International