Catholic Church Urges Mexican Authorities to Search for Missing Priest The Star
go to original January 10, 2017

In September, the sister, nieces and nephews of slain Rev. Jose Alfredo Suarez de la Cruz grieve as they watch his casket lower into the floor inside Our Lady of Asuncion Church in Paso Blanco, Mexico. (Marco Ugarte/Associated Press)

Update: Missing Mexican Priest Found Dead (Associated Press)

The Mexican Council of Bishops is calling on authorities to search for a priest who has been missing since January 3.

The council says Rev. Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes was a parish priest in the northern state of Coahuila, which has been plagued by drug cartel violence.

It’s unclear if foul play was involved, but the council said Tuesday that “crime and violence destroy the most sacred thing we have, life.”

Several Roman Catholic priests have been attacked in Mexico recently.

Three priests were abducted in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz in late 2016; one was found alive and two were found shot to death.

Another priest was killed in the western state of Michoacan in September.

At least 31 priests have been killed in Mexico since 2006.

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