His gravest fear, he said, is that the woman's child "will be prevented from really being a child."

Canon law also states that people may be considered innocent if they act under "grave fear."

However, his defenders argue that he acted under grave fear, which, according to canon law, excuses him from automatic excommunication.

It said it had identified 14 of those killed and expressed grave fears for the safety of the detainees.

He would not let them see the despair, the rage and grave superstitious fear, which distorted every line of his pallid face.

Perhaps for the first time, there is grave fear at all levels of society and in all neighborhoods.

"I have grave fears that this system of justice may enable the guilty to drag the innocent before the courts," he said.

"But my grave fear is that this technology for pros could create paralysis by analysis."

More than 60 people remain missing and grave fears are held for at least 11.

Force or grave fear imposed on a person to obtain their consent (canon 1103)