Another group of priests comes out in defense of the former priest of Lemona and denounces the "excess" of Bishop Iceta

The Basque priests have risen up against the Bishop of Bilbao Mario Iceta

after his decision to

for statements in which he justified

in a documentary by

.

The

has joined the previous criticisms of

'

and regrets the "excess" of the

for having removed Azpeitia from his functions.

The internal controversy in the Church of Bizkaia takes place on the eve of Iceta's goodbye, who will say goodbye to his Diocese on November 28.

The Forum of Priests of Bizkaia constitutes the largest

that currently exist in this Diocese and, in their statement, they reject that Azpeitia has defended ETA terrorism during its ecclesiastical career.

"He has never had any problem in

-tuning with the magisterium of the Church in the Basque Country-

as ways of solving a problem that, in addition to moral, is one of political coexistence," they point out in their note. This is in addition to the one issued on Monday the 9th by the

.

These three groups claim the

-

of the Basque Country of Spain, the amnesty for ETA prisoners and a Basque Church of their own and, after Azpeitia's controversial statements, they not only criticized the "unjust punishment" received but each and every one of his

.

The Bizkaia Priests Forum, however, exonerates Azpeitia and warns that in the documentary

only 7 minutes of a long recording of more than two hours are collected.

before making the decision to radically distance himself from his statements and, above all, to impose on him

.

Biscayan priests question the decision of their bishop and lament "his misinformation, his haste, as well as the excessiveness of the decision taken and his lack of evangelical courage."

They value that Azpeitia asked for forgiveness in a letter that Bishop Iceta made public and they demand

."

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