Nicaragua’s authorities canceled the authorized standing of the Jesuit non secular neighborhood, a outstanding Catholic congregation, and ordered all of its property confiscated, the nation’s inside ministry introduced on Wednesday.
The transfer marks the newest motion taken by the federal government of President Daniel Ortega in an prolonged crackdown on Nicaragua’s Catholic church.
The non secular group did not current required monetary statements during the last three years and had not up to date its board of administrators in violation of transparency legal guidelines, in response to the ministry’s announcement within the authorities’s official gazette.
It was not instantly clear what property could be seized or if particular person Jesuits is perhaps expelled from the nation because of the authorized cancellation.
Neither the federal government nor a spokesman for the non secular order instantly responded to a request for remark.
The authorized cancellation comes after the federal government earlier this month confiscated a prestigious Jesuit-run college within the Central American nation, ordering the seizure of its property and prompting it to droop lessons. — Reuters
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