Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:59:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Priest killed in knife attack while hearing confessions in Vietnam https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/02/10/priest-killed-in-knife-attack-while-hearing-confessions-in-vietnam/ Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:51:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=143399 A 40-year-old Vietnamese Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands was killed while hearing confessions. Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh was serving in Kontum Diocese where there is a relative lack of priests. The attack took place on Jan 29, shortly before the celebration of the Vespers Mass on Saturday evening at the Read more

Priest killed in knife attack while hearing confessions in Vietnam... Read more]]> A 40-year-old Vietnamese Dominican priest serving ethnic groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands was killed while hearing confessions.

Father Joseph Tran Ngoc Thanh was serving in Kontum Diocese where there is a relative lack of priests.

The attack took place on Jan 29, shortly before the celebration of the Vespers Mass on Saturday evening at the parish of Dak Mót, located 40 kilometers north of Kontum.

Father Tran was in the confessional when he was stabbed multiple times by a mentally unstable man, Fides reported. Police have arrested the attacker but say the man is "mentally ill".

The Dominican priest received treatment but succumbed to his injuries.

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