{"id":34282,"date":"2019-08-14T07:26:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=34282"},"modified":"2019-08-14T07:26:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T07:26:56","slug":"parish-secretary-murdered-ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/08\/14\/parish-secretary-murdered-ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"PARISH SECRETARY MURDERED IVORY COAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A parish secretary has been murdered by an unknown assailant in her office at St. Cecile\u2019s Catholic Church, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mrs. Faustine Brou on Saturday evening, 10 August, was attacked in her office by a man who inflicted multiple knife wounds upon her, in an act of unspeakable violence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was found alive in her office at around 11 PM and taken to hospital for treatment. She succumbed to her extensive wounds and died at around 4 AM on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parishioners said she was known for her availability and spiritual commitment to the Church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/paroissestcecilevallon\/photos\/a.778568442278052\/1624343664367188\/?type=3&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDIPHC5Iq2GHXAMYPSRNc_df1-59nHVmED6d3_YcPKVy_sMWRcuXKNeWzCE5HY71YblYxh58xbXyG6LrI_YCFzwK_Lca2iRtnpO3Vf4tdVkjOO1ApS3r4XOkpkuoCVmPtLrgBjFENT6lU0Bgf2bDEzzFwh4dx5sJIst2_wOz6OEMkpivGdJKQyQTDZUNp4dWsQR7GFNsm8naJ_MR5mU2ZSPsV_8waKTYElWSNXu6tBcnNEE10532rUGdvGQ6_ZgNONF4vv9qKxPUvW_4ITJn8s1YpYv2y7-qZhzU6pElM5BP1ibIwLbm9sHF_QBpzXzKd1q4-JLJu4oT2FBNrGU31nFjw&amp;__tn__=-R\">post on the parish Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0called Mrs. Brou&#8217;s murder \u201cappalling\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe are all in shock,\u201d it read, \u201cbut we believe that life here on earth is only passing and that our eternal homeland is the Kingdom of Heaven.\u201d The message also called on local Catholics to pray for the soul of Mrs. Brou, as well as for the assailant who took her life and \u201cthose who may have commissioned this despicable act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other incidents of anti-Catholic sentiments have recently occurred in the southern part of Ivory Coast. 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