Dictatorship in Nicaragua arrests 2 more priests and 2 laywomen
August 13, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The regime of Daniel Ortega has arrested Father Denis Martínez García, Father Leonel Balmaceda, Carmen María Sáenz Martínez, and Lesbia Gutiérrez.
Father Martínez García, a seminary staff member, ministered in the Diocese of Matagalpa, where Sáenz Martínez was a canonist and Gutiérrez was a Caritas staff member. Father Balmaceda was a pastor in the Diocese of Estelí.
Both dioceses are governed by Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was imprisoned by the regime and then sent into exile.
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