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The Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua has eliminated and confiscated a retirement fund for aging Catholic priests, which it had previously frozen a year ago, in yet another move to undermine the Catholic Church in the Central American country.
According to the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, the Insurance Fund for Priests Association is one of the 1,500 nongovernmental organizations whose legal status was canceled by the dictatorship on Aug. 19. The legal personhood of this association, the newspaper reported, had been approved by the National Assembly in 2005.
According to a source quoted by La Prensa, with this measure Catholic priests will no longer have the benefits of the insurance fund they paid into annually.
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According to the Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa, the Insurance Fund for Priests Association is one of the 1,500 nongovernmental organizations whose legal status was canceled by the dictatorship on Aug. 19. The legal personhood of this association, the newspaper reported, had been approved by the National Assembly in 2005.
According to a source quoted by La Prensa, with this measure Catholic priests will no longer have the benefits of the insurance fund they paid into annually.
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua eliminates priests’ retirement fund
In yet another move to undermine the Catholic Church, the Ortega dictatorship in Nicaragua has eliminated and confiscated a retirement fund for priests.