Lima, Peru, Aug 30, 2010 / 18:13 pm
An elderly Franciscan priest and his assistant were killed in a convent in Lima, Peru. Authorities suspect criminals who frequented his soup kitchen at a nearby church.
Fr. Linan Ruiz Morales, 80, was found dead in his first floor bedroom in the Convent of San Francisco at the heart of the Peruvian capital, Fides reports. His body had a series of cuts to the neck.
The priest’s 26-year-old assistant Ananias Aguila was also found dead with numerous stab wounds in the kitchen next to the church.
Their bodies were discovered early Friday morning. The priest’s room was ransacked and the safe was open and empty.