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“In Venezuela, a priest is facing the prospect of prison, for speaking out against hundreds of execution-style police killings”

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Fr. Alfredo Infante, SJ, helped publish in March an investigation into 1,414 extrajudicial police killings in his country last year. Now, the priest is facing charges of “aggravated and continued defamation” for “exposing the [state] governor to public hatred and contempt.” Infante and his lawyer spoke to Edgar Beltrán, writing for The Pillar, about his prospects and the lack of due process he is facing. “Almost 100% of the victims are young, poor males,” he told us. “It seems that for law enforcement, being a young, poor man is being a criminal.” “As a man of faith, I am inspired by the sacred commandment: ‘Thou shall not kill.’ The Church will keep its voice and action in favor of the victims, and [in favor] of re-establishing the rule of law,”

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    the Duke of Drench – SWEAT

    I see Father Infante is a Jesuit. How absolutely odd in our time, to actually see a Jesuit doing something good.
    Perhaps this can help make some reparation to Heaven for the immense damage done to the Church by a certain Jesuit who has been usurping a certain Chair in Rome for the last 9 years!

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