Jesuits express concern over missing priest
| |
- CAMIL PARKHE
Thursday, 12 June 2014 - 11:07 PM IST
| |
PUNE: Jesuits in the city have expressed concern over the fate of the fellow priest from Madurai province who has been abducted by some people while working for the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Afghanistan.
Fr Alexis Prem Kumar (47), Director of the JRS in Afghanistan, was abducted by unidentified persons near Herat on June 2.
Fr Kumar was visiting a school for refugee Afghan children when the abductors took him along with them.
There was no violence at the time of the kidnapping, sources said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction yet.
Jesuit priests have been working in several areas of Afghanistan and generally keep a low profile.
Fr Stan Fernandes, a former head of the Pune Jesuit province, had also been working in Afghanistan for the past few years.
Jesuit Refugee Service works among people who are denied human rights, or are driven out of their homeland and persecuted.
Its work consists of rehabilitation, education and counselling.
NO NEWS AFTER 10 DAYS
In an email, Fr Joy Karayampuram, spokesperson for the Jesuit Refugee Service, has said, "This is the 10th day after the abduction of the humanitarian aid worker Fr Alexis Prem Kumar. We have no information about the whereabouts of Fr. Alexis till today. We are all praying for his safe return."
0
0
Photo Gallery
