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Peruvian Priest Threatened with Letters Containing Bullets
Catholic News Agency ^ | 8/24/21 | Diego Lopez Marina

Posted on 08/25/2021 7:30:49 PM PDT by marshmallow

Fr. Omar Sánchez Portillo, secretary general of Cáritas Lurín, stated Monday that he has been the victim of death threats, several cyberattacks on his social media, and the theft of a debit card.

“They sent me a bullet again. It’s the third one since Monday, May 24. It’s the first time that I have posted on this subject,” Fr. Sánchez wrote Aug. 23 on his Facebook page.

“What person or persons are the authors? I have no idea. I only pray to God for them and their souls, for peace in their hearts. I have always considered that I have no enemies and I still think that I don’t have them. Afraid? No. Do they want to silence me? Never. Will I keep talking? Always. #TerrorismoNuncaMas,” he said.

Speaking Aug. 23 to ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish language news partner, Fr. Sánchez said that the letters came with just the bullets inside and with his name written on the outside of the envelope. He said that the last envelope was found the night of Aug. 22 in an area where there are no security cameras.

The priest, who is also director of the Association of the Beatitudes, had already made known on May 25 the death threats he received for saying at Mass that communism is the enemy of the Church. The priest criticized communism two weeks before the June 6 presidential run-off election in Peru, which was won by Pedro Castillo of Free Peru, a socialist party.

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1 posted on 08/25/2021 7:30:49 PM PDT by marshmallow
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Brave priest.


2 posted on 08/25/2021 7:34:04 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: marshmallow

Prayers for this good man.


3 posted on 08/25/2021 8:03:33 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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