The lawyer acting for Pope John Paul II's attempted assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca has confirmed that his client has asked the Vatican for permission to be baptised there once he gets released from prison in Turkey. Agca also wants to meet Pope Benedict when travels to the seat of the Catholic faith, the lawyer, Haci Ali Ozhan, told Agence France-Presse in a telephone interview.
"My client expressed the will to be baptised on the central square of the Vatican when he is released from jail," Ozhan said.
"We forwarded this request to the Vatican through the intermediary of a friend of ours who is in Italy and who confirmed to me by telephone phone that the Vatican authorities had received it."
Ozhan also said his client wishes to make a documentary in the Vatican. He did not elaborate.
January 18, 2010 is now said to be the earliest possible date for his release, but media reports have suggested he may be freed as late as 2014.
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