{"id":15677,"date":"2016-08-25T21:14:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/two-nuns-found-murdered-at-their-home-in-mississippi-84964\/"},"modified":"2016-08-25T21:14:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T21:14:00","slug":"two-nuns-found-murdered-at-their-home-in-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2016\/08\/two-nuns-found-murdered-at-their-home-in-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Two nuns found murdered at their home in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Jackson, Miss., Aug 25, 2016 \/ 03:14 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Two religious sisters were found murdered in their Mississippi home today, according to police.<\/p>\n

The sisters, both nurse practitioners, were scheduled to work at Lexington Medical Clinic but never came to work this morning, prompting their co-workers to call the police.<\/p>\n

According to a statement from the Diocese of Jackson, the bodies have not been positively identified by authorities, but are believed to be those of Sister Paula Merrill, of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth in Kentucky, and Sister Margaret Held, of the Sisters of St. Francis in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Authorities said that it appears the sisters were shot at their home in Durant, Miss. While no motive is known at the time, police said it appears they are victims of homicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese sisters have spent years of dedicated service here in Mississippi. They absolutely loved the people in their community,\u201d said Bishop Joseph Kopacz of Jackson.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe mourn with the people of Lexington and Durant and we pray for the Sisters of Charity, the School Sisters of St. Francis and the families left behind,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese were the two sweetest sisters you could imagine. It\u2019s so senseless,\u201d Father Greg Plata, OFM, told a reporter on the scene.<\/p>\n

Durant police and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation are investigating the incident.<\/p>\n

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