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December 8, 1989

Episcopal Church Volunteer Reports on Deliberate Campaign of Terror Against Churches in El Salvador

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Episcopal News Service

[Josie Beecher tells the p...]
Josie Beecher tells the press of her frightening experience at the hands of the Salvadoran police. She was handcuffed, blindfolded, beaten on the head, and threatened. Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning released a statement by American church leaders protesting the systematic harassment of the churches in Central America. The Rev. Ricardo Potter, partnership officer for Latin America and the Caribbean reported on the status of Episcopal Church workers still being detained. Credit: Bruce Campbell