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Two Jesuits killed in Moscow |
Two Jesuits, Fathers Otto Messmer and Victor Betancourt,
killed in Moscow
On Saturday 25 October, Father Victor Betancourt,
an Ecuadorian Jesuit working in the St. Thomas Philosophical,
Theological and Historical Institute in Moscow, was killed in his home.
Two days later, after returning from a trip abroad, Father Otto Messmer, Superior of the Russian Region,
was also killed in the same place. On Tuesday 28 October, alarmed by
the fact that he hadn’t heard from the two men, a fellow Jesuit who
lives in another community went to visit them at home. On finding the
dead bodies, he immediately contacted the police.
The police investigations have yet to come to any firm conclusions about cause of these violent deaths.
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The community present on the University grounds, as given the name of the renowned Maltese folklorist and archaeologist. The community is responsible of coordinating the pastoral activities on Campus, from the attached University Chaplaincy. Other Jesuits are involved in the Intellectual sector, mostly lecturing in various faculties at University. Amongst other activities the community’s premises house also a number of meetings and community experiences in particular with the youths of the University. Other members give a helping hand with retreat giving and in the JRS.
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