Priest details arrest during Argentine dirty war but doesn’t comment on Pope Francis’ role

A Jesuit priest whose kidnapping by the Argentine military in 1976 has raised the issue of what role newly named Pope Francis played in that country’s so-called “dirty war” said Friday that he was “reconciled to the events” and wished the pope well, but he did not explicitly absolve the pope of involvement in his detention.

Argentinian cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, left, appears at the window of St. Peter's Basilica's balcony after being elected the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church