Nicaragua: Two more priests expelled and sent to Rome

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Two Catholic priests have been expelled from Nicaragua following their arrest last week, bringing the total of religious men and women expelled to 245 since 2018.Martyrs at the margins: Rethinking martyrdom

Fr. Leonel Balmaceda and Fr. Denis Martínez, the two priests arrested in Nicaragua on August 10 and 11, respectively, have been expelled by the government and sent to Rome.in Managua, belongs to the clergy of the Diocese of Matagalpa.San Juan Bautista Church in Matagalpa, was"released" following news of his arrest by the Nicaraguan police on August 15, adding that he has since left Nicaragua., since the eruption of the crisis in the country in 2018, 245 religious figures have been forced into exile or expelled.

These include the Apostolic Nuncio to Nicaragua, Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, three bishops, 136 priests from various Nicaraguan dioceses, three deacons, eleven seminarians, and 91 religious women or men. The same source, citing the document, notes that 19 religious men and women, including Bishop Álvarez, exiled Bishop Silvio Báez, and 14 other priests, have been declared"traitors to the homeland" and stripped of their nationality.

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