{"id":298998,"date":"2019-06-05T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=298998"},"modified":"2019-06-05T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T18:52:00","slug":"prayer-request-for-a-young-priest-stabbed-to-death-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/06\/prayer-request-for-a-young-priest-stabbed-to-death-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Request: For a Young Priest Stabbed to Death in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

It happened just six months after the 32-year-old priest was ordained.<\/p>\n

Details:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

A Catholic priest was killed in Kenya. Father Eutycas Murangiri Muthur, of the parish of Limbine, diocese of Meru, county of Tigania, was stabbed to death by one or more individuals at about 1:30 am on June 4th, in Makutano, at about 200 km from the capital, Nairobi.\u00a0The circumstances of the killing are not clear but the police arrested a man and a woman who apparently were with Father Eutycas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From a local news report:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The priest\u2019s father, Mr Domiciano Muthuri, said the family and faithful of Nkabune Parish, where Fr Muthuri hailed from, were shocked. \u201cHe was a humble man who never indulged in bad things. We are really hurting,\u201d he said. The priest had served in Meru County for about five months after being ordained on December 23, 2018.<\/p>\n

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Via Agence Fides<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Muthuri, who visited the Nation\u2019s offices in Meru, said his son had been in the company of a personal friend, one Mr. Kinoti, when he was attacked. \u201cEutycas went to the car and found someone inside. He demanded to know what he was doing in the vehicle but his friend took off instead of assisting him or raising the alarm,\u201d he claimed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him \u2026\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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