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Catholic News AgencyPriest in ‘critical condition’ after being shot in Mexico
Father Héctor Alejandro Pérez. / Credit: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, South Gaviotas Puebla, Mexico, Jul 1, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Tabasco in Mexico reported June 30 that one of its priests was wounded by gunfire while on his wa... [...]
Tabasco.- Héctor Pérez, parish priest of the church of San Francisco de Assisi in Villahermosa, Tabasco, was attacked with a gun for an alleged confusion as he left his home. The Church stated that the attack took place after a confusion, at 5:45 a.m. this Monday, when Pérez left to attend to a sick person. Subjects aboard a motorcycle intercepted him when he was traveling on the road of the Torno Largo Ranchería and opened fire against him, whi…
Mexican priest shot, gravely injured in the Diocese of Tabasco - Biweekly Newspaper for the Diocese of Richmond %
(OSV News) — A Mexican priest remains in serious condition after being shot four times while traveling to minister to a sick person – an attack reinforcing Mexico’s reputation as one of the world’s most dangerous for clergy, despite its large Catholic population. Father Héctor Alejandro Pérez was attacked June 30 at around 5:45 a.m. after leaving his residence at the St. Francis of Assisi parish in the southeastern city of Villahermosa, accordin…
ABISAC MÁRQUEZ/ EL EDÉN MX Father Roberto Sánchez Cabrera, Diocesan Coordinator of the Pastoral Communication of the Diocese of Tabasco, reported that Father Héctor Alejandro Pérez is in critical condition after having been the victim of an armed attack. The priest remains in intensive care, after being subjected to two surgeries, and his prognosis remains reserved. Originally from Chiltepec, municipality of Paradise, Father Héctor is recognized…
The Diocese of Tabasco condemned the attack and requested the urgent donation of blood to the wounded priest, while the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate assured that it was a 'coward' aggression.
The Diocese of Tabasco, sponsored by its Bishop Gerardo de Jesús Rojas López, announced that on the morning of June 30, he was attacked by a firearm.
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