Jul 16, 2010 / 01:10 am
An “unexpected” government order to expel a long-serving Catholic missionary priest from India caused dismay and protest among Catholics in the region he has served.
Fr. Jim Borst, a Mill Hill missionary originally from the Netherlands, has worked in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir since 1963.
The Foreigners Registration Office has told him to leave India by the end of July, the Catholic bishops of India's news service reports.
Bishop Peter Celestine Elampassery of Jammu-Sringar said the order was “unexpected” and the Church will make “all efforts” to have the order canceled.