Priest in Sierra Leone Murdered While Preparing for New Mission

Sierra Leone priest murdered while preparing for new mission

Father Augustine Amadu of Sierra Leone’s Catholic Diocese of Kenema was murdered on Aug. 30 while he was preparing to take on a new mission in the diocese. / Courtesy of the Catholic Diocese of Kenema ACI Africa, Sep 2, 2025 / 13:05 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in Sierra Leone’s Diocese of Kenema was murdered Aug. 30 as he was preparing to take on a new assignment in the diocese.According to the communication department of the Archdiocese of Free…

Priest in Sierra Leone Murdered While Preparing for New Mission

According to the Sierra Leonean Police, Father Amadu was attacked at night in the parish house where he lived alone.

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A Catholic priest in Sierra Leone’s Diocese of Kenema was murdered Aug. 30 as he was preparing to take on a new assignment in the diocese. According to the communication department of the Archdiocese of Freetown in Sierra Leone, Father Augustine Amadu, who served at Kenema’s Immaculate Conception Parish, was preparing for his Sunday, Aug. 31 farewell Mass when suspected robbers ended his life. His next pastoral assignment would have been at St. …