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65 year old Irish Priest Slain in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya, NOV. 25, 2004 - An Irish-born priest of
the Roman Jurisdiction of the Catholic Church who was in the Ngong Roman Diocese was
killed after attackers broke into his house at St. Barnabas Catholic Church in
Matasia.
Father John Hannon, 65, a native of Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare, was
killed late Wednesday. The priest belonged to the Society of African Missions of
the Roman Jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. A
motive for the slaying was not immediately known.
In a statement, the Roman Bishop Cornelius Schilder of Ngong said: "A gang of 20 people
broke into Father Hannon's house … after tying up the watchman. Apparently the
gang engaged Father Hannon in a struggle and he attempted to escape. They may
have followed him from the house into the front of an unfinished Social Hall in
the church compound, where his mutilated body was found in the early hours of
the morning."
The Matasia parish is about 25 kilometers (15 miles) from Nairobi.
Bishop Schilder said: "There is a great insecurity in the area and people live
daily with fears for their lives. Unless the government takes drastic measures
to improve the security of the people we are very anxious about the safety of
the members of the community."
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