 A Kenyan priest and five other people were charged Friday with murdering a Roman Catholic bishop in a plot to control church funds.
| "Bless me, father, for I have... ummm... Is that a gun?" |
Luigi Locati, the Italian-born bishop of the Isiolo Diocese, was gunned down July 14 while walking with a guard to his house in an impoverished area of central Kenya where he had worked for decades. Court documents allege that the Rev. Guyo Wako Malley wanted to kill the 77-year-old Locati to ensure that funds coming to the diocese passed through his office rather than the bishop's. Senior State Counsel Jacob Ondari charged Malley and the others with murder. All six pleaded not guilty. |