Still No Burial Decision For Nazi War Criminal After Controversial Funeral Disrupted

As previously reported, when convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke died in Italy last week, the Vatican prohibited any church in Rome from celebrating a funeral mass for him.  However, as reported Tuesday by the International Business Times, the renegade traditionalist Society of St. Pius X decided to allow the funeral to be held at its Pius X Institute in the town of Albano Laziale just outside of Rome. Dozens of demonstrators attacked Priebke's hearse chanting "murderer" and anti-Fascist slogans as the body was moved to the Institute, and the mayor of the town said he would not allow burial there.  Now JTA reports that the funeral ceremony was called off when authorities refused to allow participants to enter, and Priebke's body is being held at a military airport with no final decision about burial.