Priest murdered in Mexico

December 30, 2014

The body of Father Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta, a priest recently kidnapped from a seminary in Guerrero, was found on Christmas Day. Fox News Latino reported that the priest died of strangulation.

Three priests have been murdered in the southwestern Mexican state in 2014.

“This is another priest added to those who have died for their love of Christ,” said Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda of Ciudad Altamirano, according to the Associated Press.

“Enough already of so much pain, of so many murders,” he added. “Enough already of so much crime. Enough extortions.”

 

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Further information:

• Slain priest strangled, Mexican prosecutor says (Fox News Latino)
• Third priest killed this year in Mexico's Guerrero state (Los Angeles Times)
• Third priest killed in dangerous southern Mexico (AP)