Mandalay (AsiaNews) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Myanmar (CBCM) issued a statement today, condemning the brutal killing of Fr Donald Martin Ye Naing Win, a 44-year-old Catholic priest, last Friday evening (14 February) in Sagaing, a region torn by a civil war that just marked its fourth year.
Fr Donald Martin, a priest with the Archdiocese of Mandalay, central Myanmar, was killed while carrying out his pastoral ministry in Our Lady of Lourdes parish, in Kan-Gyi-Daw, a village in Shwebo township, home to 38 Catholic families.
A group of armed men killed the clergyman and apparently disrespected his mortal remains, but it is unclear to what militia they belong.
“Fr. Donald Martin, along with Le Naing Win, shed their blood and sacrificed their lives for many innocent people to end the violence devastating the country,” the CBCM said in a press statement signed by Archbishop Card Charles Bo of Yangon.
