Catholic bishops in Cameroon said a bishop whose body was pulled from a river in early June did not commit suicide but was murdered.
"In view of the initial findings, we bishops of Cameroon affirm that Bishop Jean-Marie Benoit Bala did not commit suicide; he was brutally murdered. This is one more murder, and one too many," the bishops said in a statement after meeting in a general assembly June 13.
The news site Koaci.com reported the bishops said the murderers "must be identified and delivered to justice to be judged according to the law." They said the government must "assume its duty to protect human life, especially that of the ecclesiastical authorities."
