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Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week

Apr 2, 2018

Catholic officials in El Salvador were shaken and expressed outrage and sadness after the assassination of a 36-year-old priest during Holy Week, in what some suspect may be a gang killing.

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In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold

by Andrés McKinley

Apr 26, 2017

Eco Catholic: Late March saw an amazing week in the Salvadoran struggle against mining. And we owe much of the magic to Gov. Carlos Padilla from the Philippines.

Vatican trial finds three El Salvadoran priests guilty of sex abuse

by Reuters

Dec 19, 2016

Three El Salvadoran priests have been found guilty of sexual abuse against minors at a Vatican ecclesiastical trial and suspended from their priestly duties, San Salvador's Catholic Church announced Sunday.

Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar of San Salvador said Francisco Galvez, Antonio Molina and Jesus Delgado, the biographer and former secretary of murdered Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, were expelled after a criminal trial held at the Vatican found them responsible for sex crimes committed between 1980 and 2000.

Salvadoran Supreme Court invalidates civil war amnesty law

by Reuters

Jul 14, 2016

El Salvador: Ruling could allow prosecution of alleged war crimes, including the murder of Archbishop Oscar Romero and the killing of six Jesuit priests.

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Salvadoran priest assassinated during Holy Week

In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold

Vatican trial finds three El Salvadoran priests guilty of sex abuse

Salvadoran Supreme Court invalidates civil war amnesty law

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