PUT FOCUS ON COLOMBIAN PRIESTS' PLIGHT

With all the publicity about the terrible situation in Colombia, little has
been written about the number of priests killed by guerillas. Father
Hilario Aranga Serna, 46, was shot to death on June 27. At least three
other priests were murdered in Colombia this year. Thirty-six priests have
been killed in 18 years.

Archbishop Isaias Duarte Cancino was murdered four months ago. These men
were critics of armed groups that get money for their weapons from drugs
that are sold in the United States. U.S. drug users are helping to kill
priests and innocent people in Colombia.

Priests who are involved in sex scandals make front-page headlines. Priests
who give their lives for social justice are barely mentioned. One group
sells newspapers; the other does not.

The Rev. Edmund S. Nadolny

St. Stanislaus Church

Meriden