*****! Tonight I watched at TV program on Court TV titled Forensic
Files. The show details how it is necessary to rely on solid evidence
to convict. Tonight's first half hour was about Valerian Trifa, a
Romanian who became Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church until
1984.

The lies started when he came to America in 1950 and stated that he had
been abused by the Nazis and had spent time in Buchenwald and Dachau.
In time he worked his way up the ladder in the church to Archbishop.

Some of those who had really suffered under the Nazis and found refuge
in America recognized him as being a Fascist leader in the Iron Guard, a
Nazi group who were claimed to have abused jews and others, including
killing them. All of this was denied by Valerian.

Modern papers that Valerian had written were available as well as Nazi
documents supposedly written by him. They were given to a handwriting
expert who came to the conclusion that they had been written by the same
person: Valerian. But this was not good enough and they couldn't
proceed with the case against him.

However, two things happened that sunk Valerian. A postcard was written
by Valerian back in Germany and was being held in the German Archives.
It was suspected that the postcard had a fingerprint on it but it being
a historial document was not allowed out of the Archives. They didn't
want it to suffer under invasive handling.

Then a modern miracle came to the rescue: the laser. The Germans agreed
to allow it's importation to America, with a German and an American
escort, as long as the laser was the only instrument used. The orange
laser and orange goggles brought the fingerprint to light (a little pun
there) and it was photographed and compared to a fingerprint taken in
1950 when Valerian arrived in the U.S. They matched! In 1982 he was
through.

The ex-Archbishop was kicked out of the country but no one wanted him
until Portugal accepted him in 1984 and he died there in 1987.

Long intro to the reason for my post but the bottom line is here was
this ex-Nazi who made life miserable for thousands and may have been
responsible for the deaths of many. Yet he becomes a highly-placed
religious figure in America, thousands flock to him, including high
political figures, I'm sure. He affected many changes in peoples' lives
and other areas. A lot of people genuflected in front of him, thinking
him close to their god/Jesus and believing in him to control their
lives. To me that's religion in a nutshell. Research him on google.

What say you?

*****! Tonight I watched at TV program on Court TV titled Forensic
Files. The show details how it is necessary to rely on solid evidence
to convict. Tonight's first half hour was about Valerian Trifa, a
Romanian who became Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church until
1984.

The lies started when he came to America in 1950 and stated that he had
been abused by the Nazis and had spent time in Buchenwald and Dachau.
In time he worked his way up the ladder in the church to Archbishop.

Some of those who had really suffered under the Nazis and found refuge
in America recognized him as being a Fascist leader in the Iron Guard, a
Nazi group who were claimed to have abused jews and others, including
killing them. All of this was denied by Valerian.

Modern papers that Valerian had written were available as well as Nazi
documents supposedly written by him. They were given to a handwriting
expert who came to the conclusion that they had been written by the same
person: Valerian. But this was not good enough and they couldn't
proceed with the case against him.

However, two things happened that sunk Valerian. A postcard was written
by Valerian back in Germany and was being held in the German Archives.
It was suspected that the postcard had a fingerprint on it but it being
a historial document was not allowed out of the Archives. They didn't
want it to suffer under invasive handling.

Then a modern miracle came to the rescue: the laser. The Germans agreed
to allow it's importation to America, with a German and an American
escort, as long as the laser was the only instrument used. The orange
laser and orange goggles brought the fingerprint to light (a little pun
there) and it was photographed and compared to a fingerprint taken in
1950 when Valerian arrived in the U.S. They matched! In 1982 he was
through.

The ex-Archbishop was kicked out of the country but no one wanted him
until Portugal accepted him in 1984 and he died there in 1987.

Long intro to the reason for my post but the bottom line is here was
this ex-Nazi who made life miserable for thousands and may have been
responsible for the deaths of many. Yet he becomes a highly-placed
religious figure in America, thousands flock to him, including high
political figures, I'm sure. He affected many changes in peoples' lives
and other areas. A lot of people genuflected in front of him, thinking
him close to their god/Jesus and believing in him to control their
lives. To me that's religion in a nutshell. Research him on google.

What say you?

*****! Tonight I watched at TV program on Court TV titled Forensic
Files. The show details how it is necessary to rely on solid evidence
to convict. Tonight's first half hour was about Valerian Trifa, a
Romanian who became Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church until
1984.

The lies started when he came to America in 1950 and stated that he had
been abused by the Nazis and had spent time in Buchenwald and Dachau.
In time he worked his way up the ladder in the church to Archbishop.

*****! Tonight I watched at TV program on Court TV titled Forensic
Files. The show details how it is necessary to rely on solid evidence
to convict. Tonight's first half hour was about Valerian Trifa, a
Romanian who became Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church until
1984.

The lies started when he came to America in 1950 and stated that he had
been abused by the Nazis and had spent time in Buchenwald and Dachau.
In time he worked his way up the ladder in the church to Archbishop.