SÃO PAULO (Crux) – Since missionary nuns of the Institute of the Poor of Jesus Christ, a Brazilian women’s order, were expelled from Nicaragua on July 3, the homeless people they used to help on the streets of León have been facing hunger and cannot understand why the sisters were not allowed to keep working in the Central American country.
According to lawyer Martha Molina, a Catholic activist who has been documenting acts of persecution orchestrated by President Daniel Ortega’s regime and is currently exiled in the United States, dozens of people used to receive hot meals from the missionaries every day and now cannot find assistance anywhere else.
