No less than nine Catholic priests have been abducted by dictator President Daniel Ortega since July 26, according to Martha Patricia Molina, a lawyer and researcher.
Bishop Martin said in a statement released on the day of the kidnapping, “I ask for your prayers for Father Paul Sanogo and the seminarian Melchior who were kidnapped by bandits in the early morning of August 3 at the priest’s residence in Gyedna, Niger state."
A German missionary, Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, was allegedly kidnapped in the capital Bamako, Mali on Sunday. While he was preparing to go for the Mass in another part of the city, he disappeared.
