Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare MCCI. Photo courtesy Fr. Carlassare.
Bishop-elect of Rumbek strikes defiant tone, arrests made in connection with Sunday attack
Bishop-elect Christian Carlassare MCCI of Rumbeck, recovering from gunshot wounds to the legs, says the attack in which he suffered his injuries has not deterred him.
Meanwhile, local authorities in Rumbek have made several arrests in connection with the attack, which occurred Sunday night at the Bishop-elect’s residence, among them two priests – Fr. John Mathiang, coordinator of Rumbek diocese since 2013, and Fr. Luka Dor – as well as Deacon Stephen Mangar, Marko Margan Dungu, Thomas Kockedhie e Santino Deng Malek.
