House Search At German-born Bishop in Bolivia

Bolivian police have searched the home of retired Bishop Karl Stetter, 83, of San Ignacio de Velasco, who was born in Ellwangen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

He is suspected of "money laundering". Police seized several documents, cash and a van. The diocese denied the accusations in a press statement on 19 April (Adn.Celam.org), saying that Mgr Stetter was the victim of an abusive and biased approach by the public prosecutor's office and confirming that its administrative processes had been transparent.

Mgr. Stetter told journalists that he didn't know the exact reasons for the search. The Bolivian Bishops' Conference has expressed its solidarity with him.

Stetter's sister, Irme Stetter-Karp, is the president of the "Central Committee of German Catholics", an anti-Catholic and anti-Christian organisation which fights for immoral causes such as abortion, homosexuality and the destruction of the Catholic faith.

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