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Nicaraguan priest Denis Martinez of the Matagalpa diocese in northern Nicaragua was arrested Sunday by national police amid tensions between President Daniel Ortega’s government and the Catholic Church,
Nicaraguan priest Denis Martinez of the Matagalpa diocese in northern Nicaragua was arrested Sunday by national police amid tensions between President Daniel Ortega’s government and the Catholic Church, a lawyer and researcher said. Martha Patricia Molina.
“Another priest from the diocese of Matagalpa was kidnapped by the National Police “on the way to Holy Mass,” Molina, author of the study “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”, wrote on her social networks. And this is a continuation of these cases.
“We are talking about Priest Denis Martinez“Let’s pray that their physical and psychological integrity is respected,” said the lawyer, who is in exile in the United States.
It was the day before Nicaraguan priest Leonel Balmaceda arrestedfrom the diocese of Esteli, also in northern Nicaragua.
Authorities also detained laywoman Carmen Saenz, an employee of the Episcopal Curia of the Diocese of Matagalpa.
At the moment, none Government of Nicaragua Neither the National Police nor the National Police have expressed their versions regarding the exposure of these arrests and have not commented at all.
According to researcher Molina, “the Sandinista dictatorship intends to eradicate the presence of the Catholic Church in the diocese of Matagalpa.”
The diocese of Matagalpa is headed by denationalized Bishop Rolando Alvarez, who was released from prison and sent to Rome last January.
He Catholic hierarch He is also the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Esteli.
Last Thursday, the Nicaraguan government said it had sent to the Vatican a group of Nicaraguan priests who, according to Catholic sources, had been detained and under police surveillance in Interdiocesan Seminary of Our Lady of Fatimain Managua.
The Nicaraguan priests sent to the Vatican last Wednesday were Edgar Sacasa, Ulises Vega, Marlon Velasquez, Victor Godoy, Jarvin Torres, Jairo Pravia and Silvio Romero – all from the Diocese of Matagalpa.
This was reported by political sources. EFE what is he The Ortega Government is pressuring the Vatican to appoint a new bishop for the diocese of Matagalpa and the diocese of Esteli.
Last January, the Ortega government reached an agreement with the Holy See to send Alvarez and Bishop Isidoro Moraalong with 15 priests and two Nicaraguan seminarians whom he had imprisoned.
On October 18, the Nicaraguan government also released 12 priests and sent them to the Vatican after an agreement with the Holy See, although Bishop Alvarez, who did not want to leave the country, was not among them.
Earlier, on February 9, 2023, authorities released and sent to the United States another eight priests among 222 released Nicaraguan political prisoners.
In this case, Bishop Alvarez, who used his home as a prison, refused to board the plane, was sent to a maximum security prison and sentenced to 26 years and four months in prison, deprived of his citizenship and rights of citizenship, and barred for life for crimes classified as treason.
The senior leader’s sentencing came a day after he refused to board a plane that was supposed to take him and others. 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners freed to the United States, outraging President Ortega, who called him “proud,” “upset,” and “energetic” on national television.
Relations between the Ortega government and the Catholic Church have been at a time of great tension, marked by the expulsion and imprisonment of priests, the banning of religious activity and the suspension of diplomatic relations.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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