Posted on 02/14/2023 7:40:49 PM PST by marshmallow
CNA Newsroom, Feb 7, 2023 / 14:50 pm In a new attack on the Catholic Church, the Nicaraguan dictatorship led by President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, sentenced three priests, a deacon, two seminarians, and a layman from the Diocese of Matagalpa to 10 years in prison.
According to reports from the local newspaper La Prensa and the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights (CENIDH), the sentence was issued on Feb. 6 by Judge Nadia Tardencilla of the Second Criminal Trial District.
The sentence consists of five years for the crime of “conspiracy to undermine national security and sovereignty” and five years for “spreading fake news” with an additional 800 days monetary fine based on the convicted person’s daily salary.
The convicted priests are Ramiro Reynaldo Tijerino Chávez, 50, rector of the John Paul II University; Sadiel Antonio Eugarrios Cano, 35, former vicar of the Matagalpa cathedral; and José Luis Díaz Cruz, 33, current vicar of the Matagalpa cathedral.
Also sentenced were Deacon Raúl Antonio Vega González, 27; seminarians Darvin Esteylin Leiva Mendoza, 19, and Melkin Antonio Centeno Sequeira, 23; and photographer Sergio José Cárdenas Flores, 32.
The seven were found guilty on Jan. 27 and were awaiting sentencing. In a separate trial, Father Oscar Benavidez was also found guilty of the same charges and sentenced Feb. 4 to 10 years in prison.
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Any condemnation from Pope Francis yet?
John Kerry’s buddy Danny Ortega?
The Catholic Church is into Leftist crap, so they can deal with fallout of their success in Nicaragua.
Just when is Kerry going to fly down there to show solidarity with fellow travelers
“five years for “spreading fake news.”” That’s what tyrants do: put innocent people in jail for fake crimes. The Lord knows the pattern very well.
I am old enough to remember the big teary-eyed love affair between US Leftists and whatever it was Daniel Ortega symbolized, promised, or embodied. I mean, it was as if Castro had been reborn. It’s as if the shine was starting to leave Castro and the Cuban revolution,20 years after its founding, and the “new beginning” was transferred to Ortega. Another farce. NOW look where it’s led.
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