murder of priest

March 17, 2022

Four sentenced in 2016 killing of French priest

People hold a banner with a picture of French Fr. Jacques Hamel after a July 27, 2016, Mass at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The banner reads, “Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” On March 9, a French court sentenced four men in connection with the priest’s murder.

A Paris court sentenced four men in connection with the 2016 killing of Fr. Jacques Hamel, giving them sentences ranging from eight years to life in prison.

Published in International

August 9, 2021

Rwandan immigrant turns himself in for killing French priest

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France -- A Rwandan immigrant awaiting trial for the arson of the cathedral in Nantes turned himself in to police for killing the French provincial of the Montfort Missionaries.

Published in International

May 4, 2020

Sacristan sentenced to life in prison for murder of Indian shrine rector

Father Xavier Thelakkat, rector of the shrine of St. Thomas in Malayattoor, India, pictured in a 2012 photo, was stabbed to death in 2018. An Indian court sentenced former sacristan Johny Vattaparamban, 54, to life imprisonment for the murder of Father Thelakkat in southern Kerala state.

COCHIN, India -- An Indian court sentenced former sacristan Johny Vattaparamban, 54, to life imprisonment for the 2018 murder of the rector of popular St. Thomas Shrine at Malayattoor, in southern Kerala state.

Published in International

October 18, 2019

Catholic priest murdered in Kenya, latest in string of killings

Father Gerald Matolo, the priest who first received Fr. Michael Maingi Kyengo at the Thatha Parish is seen in this 2017 file photo. Father Matolo said Father Kyengo may have been targeted by someone who thought he had money.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- A Catholic priest who disappeared from his family home was found dead in a shallow grave in southeastern Kenya a week after he was reported missing.

Published in International

June 14, 2019