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Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, Jan 18, 2013 \/ 04:16 pm (CNA<\/a>).- Bishop Jose Roberto Ospina Leongomez of Buga, Colombia expressed sadness and indignation over the recent murder of one of the priests of his diocese.
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\n\tAccording to the Vatican-based Fides news agency, Father Jose Francisco Velez Echeverri was found shot on Jan. 16 on the patio outside his home in Buga, some 250 kilometers from the nation\u2019s capital city of Bogota.
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\n\tNeighbors reported that they saw a person ride away from the priest\u2019s home on a bike just hours before his body was found.\u00a0 Police suspect the murder could have resulted from a robbery attempt that went awry.<\/p>\n

\tAccording to parishioners, Fr. Velez Echeverri did not have any enemies and was devoted to social work.\u00a0 His murder caused dismay and profound sadness in the Diocese of Buga.
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\n\tIn 2012, for the fourth consecutive year, America was the continent with the greatest number of murders of priests and lay missionaries.<\/p>\n

\tBishop Ospina Leongomez thanked the diocese for its solidarity and voiced his \u201csadness, anger, indignation\u201d and \u201cprofound sorrow\u201d over the priest\u2019s killing.
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\n\tHe also decried the \u201closs of the sense of life and of values that is evidenced in the lack of God and of respect for the human being.\u201d
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\n\t\u201cMurder will never be accepted for any reason, and the community should be assured that the investigation will continue until the person responsible is found,\u201d the bishop said.
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\n\tHe added that the death of a priest always brings a bishop \u201cdeep sadness.\u201d
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\n\tBishop Leongomez called on the faithful to pray for their country and for those who do evil and fail to respect life.<\/p>\n

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Bogot\u00e1, Colombia, Jan 18, 2013 \/ 04:16 pm (CNA).- Bishop Jose Roberto Ospina Leongomez of Buga, Colombia expressed sadness and indignation over the recent murder of one of the priests of his diocese.
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