Original sentence: Phayer claims that Pius XII "preferred to see fascist war criminals on board ships sailing to the New World rather than seeing them rotting in POW camps in zonal Germany".The ratlines were  supported by some controversial clergy of the Catholic Church, most notably Alois Hudal and Krunoslav Draganović, and later used by the United States Intelligence officers
Edited sentence: According to Phayer, Pius XII "preferred to see fascist war criminals on board ships sailing to the New World rather than seeing them rotting in POW camps in zonal Germany".The ratlines were supported by clergy of the Catholic Church, and historian Michael Phayer claims this was supported by the Vatican