Priest slain
published: Tuesday | November 14, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Robert Lalah, Staff Reporter
A <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">church</SPAN> member throws herself on the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">floor</SPAN> of St. Jude's Anglican Church in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, yesterday, after hearing news that Father Richard Johnson, the priest of that church, was murdered at his home Sunday night. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer
When the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Reverend</SPAN> Father Richard Johnson faced his congregation from the pulpit at St. Jude's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Anglican </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Church</SPAN> in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, on Sunday morning, he had a fire in his eyes that many had never seen before. Members of the congregation say his sermon, which would be his last, was one of the most inspiring, passion-filled messages they had ever heard.
Father Johnson was brutally killed at the rectory where he lived, less than a mile from the church, about 9:30 that night. The main suspect in the killing, a man known only as 'Bomber', turned himself in to the police late yesterday and was being questioned by senior detectives. The Constant Spring Homicide Unit repo
published: Tuesday | November 14, 2006 <DIV class=KonaBody>
Robert Lalah, Staff Reporter
A <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">church</SPAN> member throws herself on the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">floor</SPAN> of St. Jude's Anglican Church in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, yesterday, after hearing news that Father Richard Johnson, the priest of that church, was murdered at his home Sunday night. - Norman Grindley/Deputy Chief Photographer
When the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Reverend</SPAN> Father Richard Johnson faced his congregation from the pulpit at St. Jude's <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Anglican </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Church</SPAN> in Stony Hill, St. Andrew, on Sunday morning, he had a fire in his eyes that many had never seen before. Members of the congregation say his sermon, which would be his last, was one of the most inspiring, passion-filled messages they had ever heard.
Father Johnson was brutally killed at the rectory where he lived, less than a mile from the church, about 9:30 that night. The main suspect in the killing, a man known only as 'Bomber', turned himself in to the police late yesterday and was being questioned by senior detectives. The Constant Spring Homicide Unit repo
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