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Lebanese military court detains, questions archbishop for 8 hours

July 20, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: The Maronite Catholic Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land was detained and interrogated at the Lebanon-Israel border for eight hours.

Samir Geagea, a former Lebanese Minister of State, said that the Lebanese military court’s detention of Archbishop Moussa El-Hage was payback for Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi’s frequent criticism of current political leaders.

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