The Government of Nicaragua has reported that following an agreement reached with the Holy See, 12 priests have been transferred to the Vatican and prosecuted for different crimes in the Latin American nation.
In the written statement it was detailed that the Nicaraguan government “after holding fruitful conversations with the Holy See, informs our People that an Agreement was reached for the transfer to the Vatican of the 12 Priests who, for different reasons, were prosecuted, and that «they have traveled to Rome, Italy, this afternoon”.
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In that sense, the statement by the government authorities regarding the displacement of the clerics highlighted that “resources have not been exhausted to ensure and defend the Peace that Nicaraguan Families treasure so much”.
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Furthermore, it was added that the agreement reached “with the intercession of High Authorities of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua and in the Vatican, represents the permanent Will and Commitment to find solutions, in recognition and encouragement of so much Faith and Hope that always animates the Nicaraguan believers, who are the majority”.
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The statement detailed that, according to coordination, the priests who will be received by the staff of the Secretariat of State of the Holy See are: Manuel Salvador Garcia Rodriguez, Jose Leonardo Urbina Rodriguez, Jaime Ivan Montesinos Sauceda, Fernando Israel Zamora Silva, Osman Jose Amador Guillen, Julio Ricardo Norori Jimenez, Cristobal Reynaldo Gadea Velasquez, Alvaro Jose Toledo Amador, Jose Ivan Centeno Tercero, Pastor Eugenio Rodriguez Benavidez, Yessner Cipriano Pineda Meneses, Ramon Angulo Reyes.