The political organization Unión Democratica Renovadora, let’s unitedenounced the intensification of the persecution against the Catholic Church of Nicaragua by the regime of Daniel Ortega, whom he pointed out as being responsible for the continuous attacks on priests, carried out in recent weeks.
Unamos, whose main leaders are in prison, recalled that on May 4, the National Assembly, controlled by the ruling party, approved a document “accusing Catholic leaders of participating in an attempted coup and to express themselves with “hatred and viciousness” against the sympathizers of the dictatorship».
“These attacks have materialized very quickly, registering, to date, five cases of attacks on priests,” the opposition organization warned in a tweet published this Saturday, June 4.
“Daniel Ortega has a personal crusade against the Catholic Church of Nicaragua, which he made public since the beginning of May and which is now taking place!” he added.
In the last month, police agents, in collaboration with people identified as paramilitaries, have carried out sieges, persecution and harassment of religious leaders, including the dad Harvin Padillaparish priest of the San Juan Bautista church in Masaya, and Mgr Rolando Alvarez, bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí. Both forced to temporarily shelter from repression.
father’s arrest Manuel Salvador Garcia raised alarm in the population. The parish priest of the Jesús de Nazareno church in Nandaime, also known as El Calvario, was imprisoned on June 1, after being the target of ridicule by fans of the regime and related media. The priest is prosecuted for alleged serious injuries against a citizen who accused him, without evidence, before the Sandinista media.
At the moment, more than 20 opposition organizations, both inside and outside Nicaragua, have condemned the priest’s arrest, pointing out that “this arrest sets a serious precedent against priests in the country and confirms that under the current political regime absolutely no one You are safe”.
