Rome - In a surreal battle for the heart of Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, his South Korean bride, Ms Maria Sung has threatened to start a hunger strike today in St Peter's Square unless the Vatican hands him back.
The archbishop disappeared last week after meeting the Pope to try to avoid being excommunicated for his Moonie wedding in May.
"I don't know where he is, and I am afraid for what is happening to him," Ms Sung said. "If the church will not let me see my husband, then I will begin to fast until they do or I will die," she said.
A Vatican spokesman said Mgr Milingo was making a spiritual retreat before his full reconciliation with the church and could not be disturbed.