A Roman Catholic nun has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in the Rwandan genocide in 1994.
Two other Catholic nuns were found guilty by a Belgian court in 2001, and male priests have also faced trial.
He said she did not spare pregnant women, and was also accused of dumping a baby in a latrine, the Reuters news agency reports.
Last year a Belgian male priest became the first foreigner to go before a gacaca court accused of genocide crimes.
Some members of the Catholic hierarchy in Rwanda had close ties to extremist politicians and aided Hutu militias in the run-up to the killings.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in the 1994 genocide and thousands of people were killed after seeking sanctuary in churches.
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Two other Catholic nuns were found guilty by a Belgian court in 2001, and male priests have also faced trial.
He said she did not spare pregnant women, and was also accused of dumping a baby in a latrine, the Reuters news agency reports.
Last year a Belgian male priest became the first foreigner to go before a gacaca court accused of genocide crimes.
Some members of the Catholic hierarchy in Rwanda had close ties to extremist politicians and aided Hutu militias in the run-up to the killings.
Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were slaughtered in the 1994 genocide and thousands of people were killed after seeking sanctuary in churches.
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