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Bastille Day - Georgetown, 1979


Fr Bernard Darke

Fr Bernard Darke

On 14 July 1979, Jesuit priest, Fr Bernard Darke was killed as he photographed what ought to have been a peaceful demonstration in Georgetown, Guyana. Malcolm Rodrigues SJ describes the political unrest leading up to and following the granting of independence to British Guyana, which provided the circumstances for Fr Darke's death.

In a time of rigged elections and 'constitutional dictatorship', how did the Church promote peace and denounce injustice, particularly through the Catholic Standard newspaper?

Read Fr Malcom's article on Thinking Faith: www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20100714_1.htm

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