Nicaraguan attorney general accuses bishops of being CIA agents; 3 prelates receive death threats
August 20, 2009
Public hostility to the Church in Nicaragua is intensifying under the regime of President Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista strongman who ruled Nicaragua from 1979 to 1990 and was elected to office in 2006. The nation’s attorney general of human rights has accused two bishops of being CIA agents, and three bishops have received death threats. Earlier this month, Ortega supporters attacked persons taking part in a cultural event at Managua’s cathedral.
An estimated 89% of the nation’s 5.8 million citizens are Catholic.
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