On Aug. 19 the national police abducted Rolando Álvarez, the bishop of Matagalpa, in the middle of the night after having forcibly confined him in his chancery since Aug. 4. He was transferred to Managua, where he is now under house arrest.
That same night, the police also arrested priests, seminarians, and a cameraman who were being confined in the chancery along with the bishop. They are being held in the El Chipote prison, where opponents of the regime have been tortured.
The priests are Father Ramiro Tijerino, Father José Luis Diaz, Father Sadiel Eugarrios, and Father Raúl González. The seminarians are Darvin Leyva and Melquín Sequeira, and the cameraman is Sergio Cárdenas; all are from the Diocese of Matagalpa.
Another priest who was arrested and is being held in El Chipote is Father Oscar Benavidez from the Diocese of Siuna.
In March, the dictatorship expelled the apostolic nuncio in Nicaragua, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag. The decision was received with “surprise and pain” by the Vatican.
In July, the Ortega dictatorship expelled from Nicaragua the Missionaries of Charity, founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta, who are now serving in neighboring Costa Rica. In September, the Religious of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus were forced to leave the country.
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