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Eastern church leaders describe heroic witness on front linesin South Korea has unveiled a statue of the US-born missionary priest James Maginn , who was martyred by North Korean communist forces during the Korean War.of Wonju led the blessing ceremony of the statue at the Seongnae-dong parish before some 150 people, including local government officials, on July 4
Japanese forces arrested him along with other missionaries during World War II and released him after months of detention.According to Church sources, he was killed on July 4, 1950, at the age of 38. He was the second of seven Columban priests who were martyred during the war, which left at least three million killed and ten million displaced.
He was later declared a Servant of God, the preliminary title for a candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church.
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