{"id":23403,"date":"2017-06-27T08:07:44","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T08:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=23403"},"modified":"2017-06-28T07:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T07:41:06","slug":"cameroon-bishops-ask-state-protect-clergy-bishops-murder-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/06\/27\/cameroon-bishops-ask-state-protect-clergy-bishops-murder-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"CAMEROON &#8211; Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder\u00a0&#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">CAMEROON &#8211;\u00a0Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following autopsy results which revealed that a missing archbishop had been murdered a few weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the government to \u201cassume its noble task of protecting human life, and notably that of ecclesiastical authorities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bishops noted that there have been a number of unsolved murders of clerics and religious including \u201cto mention only a few\u201d: Fr. Joseph Mbassi, killed in 1988; Fr. Antony Fontegh, 1990; Archbishop Yves-Joseph-Marie Plumey, 1991; a group of religious sisters in Djoum, 1992; and Fr. Engelbert Mveng, 1995.\u201cWe have the impression that the clergy of Cameroon are particularly persecuted by obscure and diabolical forces,\u201d the bishops wrote in a\u00a0 statement from the Cameroonian Bishops&#8217; Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bishop Jean Marie Beno\u00eet Bala of Bafialeft disappeared in the evening of 30 May. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">His car was found parked on the Sanaga bridge with a fake suicide note left by the killers inside it. His body was found June 2, about 10 miles from the bridge. However, an autopsy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourhealthissues.com\/product\/tadacip\/\">http:\/\/www.ourhealthissues.com\/product\/tadacip\/<\/a> showed that the bishop had not drowned, and there were signs of torture on his body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bishops Conference stated \u201cGiven the initial findings, we, the bishops of Cameroon, affirm that Bishop Jean Marie Beno\u00eet Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally murdered. This is one more murder, and one too many.\u201d They called on the Cameroonian government \u201cto shed complete light on the circumstances and the motives\u201d for Bishop Bala&#8217;s murder and that those reponsible be identified and handed over to the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The bishops also said they were praying for Bishop Bala&#8217;s murderers, asking them \u201cto strive for urgent and radical conversion.\u201d To the people of the Diocese of Bafia and Bishop Bala&#8217;s natural family, the bishops said: \u201ckeep courage, for Christ has conquered the world. Your pastors carry with you the dolour of this sad disappearance. Do not let your faith fail. Find the necessary strength in the celebration of the Eucharist.\u201d They prayed that \u201cOur Lady of Sorrows, Patronness of Cameroon, accompany us in this difficult trial.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAMEROON &#8211;\u00a0Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder &nbsp; Following autopsy results which revealed that a missing archbishop had been murdered a few weeks ago, the bishops of Cameroon have called on the government to \u201cassume its noble task of protecting human life, and notably that of ecclesiastical authorities.\u201d The bishops noted that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CAMEROON - Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder\u00a0- ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/06\/27\/cameroon-bishops-ask-state-protect-clergy-bishops-murder-acn-malta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CAMEROON - Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder\u00a0- ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CAMEROON &#8211;\u00a0Bishops ask state to protect clergy after bishop\u2019s murder &nbsp; 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