In retaliation for asking for prayers for the persecuted Church at a Mass he celebrated, the bishop was held for several hours by police, part of an ongoing campaign of harassment of clergy. [...]
Nicaraguan bishop Emeritus Juan Abelardo Mata, 80, was detained for a few hours by the Nicaraguan National Police after officiating a mass in which he asked to pray for the persecuted Catholic Church and pray for priests who have been exiled from the Central American country, reported religious sources on Tuesday. Bishop Emeritus Juan Abelardo Mata was detained by the Nicaraguan police and then released was first published in the Digital Process.