"On the same day (August 14, 1995), we issued a statement saying that the deportation of Croat Catholics and other people from their homes is by no means organised by the Catholic Church, the bishop, clergy or (the Catholic charity) Caritas," Komarica told reporters.
The agreement, signed by the then vice-president of the Bosnian Serb entity, Nikola Koljevic, and a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Lucie Stenthal, "was not countersigned by any representative of displaced people", the bishop said.
Between August 14 and the end of October 1995 some 21,000 people, mostly Croats, Slovenes, Ukrainians, Bosniaks and Roma, left their homes in the area of Banja Luka, crossing the Sava River at Srbac in Republika Srpska to reach Davor in Croatia, Komarica said.
"Of 850,000 Catholics living in Bosnia-Herzegovina before the war, around 456,000 have remained; of 220,000 Catholics living in the area of Republika Srpska before the war, around 13,000 have remained; and of 73,000 Catholics living in the Banja Luka diocese only 6,500 live here today."
Komarica believes that politicians from the Serb entity and the entire country, politicians in neighbouring Croatia and international representatives are responsible for the current situation.