Imprisoned clergy - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:46:21 +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 Imprisoned clergy - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Whereabouts of imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop are unknown https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/13/whereabouts-of-imprisoned-nicaraguan-bishop-are-unknown/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:53:18 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156529 Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was sentenced on Feb 10 to 26 years and four months in prison, accused of being a "traitor to the homeland." In recent days, authorities have not disclosed where he is being held. The prelate, who refused to be deported along with 222 other political prisoners sent to the Read more

Whereabouts of imprisoned Nicaraguan bishop are unknown... Read more]]> Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, was sentenced on Feb 10 to 26 years and four months in prison, accused of being a "traitor to the homeland." In recent days, authorities have not disclosed where he is being held.

The prelate, who refused to be deported along with 222 other political prisoners sent to the United States in a deal with the US State Department on Feb 9, is supposedly in a maximum security cell in the "La Modelo" prison.

However, his actual whereabouts are unclear.

"The physical and mental health conditions of Bishop Rolando Álvarez are unknown," Nicaraguan lawyer and researcher Martha Patricia Molina told ACI Prensa, CNA's Spanish-language news partner, in a March 7 statement.

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