15/12/2009
Kenya Priest To Be Buried On Sunday
The Irish priest who was murdered in Kenya is to be buried in his parents' grave this Sunday.
Fr Jeremiah Roche spent 41 years working with the disadvantaged people of Kericho in West Kenya. The area is the heart of the tea producing region of Kenya, which last year experienced serious post-election violence between rival tribes.
The 68-year-old from Limerick was found dead on Friday. It is believed he was killed by burglars for the sake of two mobile phones, a CD player and his clothes.
Fr Roche's body will be returned to Ireland on Friday for burial in his home townland of Athea on Sunday, according to a spokesman for his order, the Kiltegan Fathers.
Police in Kenya have launched a murder investigation and are said to be concentrating their investigation on two suspects.
A spokesman for the Kiltegan Fathers said the order was getting “terrific co-operation” from the police.
Fr Roche is survived by ten brothers and sisters and was due to retire home to Co Limerick next year.
(DW/KMcA)
Fr Jeremiah Roche spent 41 years working with the disadvantaged people of Kericho in West Kenya. The area is the heart of the tea producing region of Kenya, which last year experienced serious post-election violence between rival tribes.
The 68-year-old from Limerick was found dead on Friday. It is believed he was killed by burglars for the sake of two mobile phones, a CD player and his clothes.
Fr Roche's body will be returned to Ireland on Friday for burial in his home townland of Athea on Sunday, according to a spokesman for his order, the Kiltegan Fathers.
Police in Kenya have launched a murder investigation and are said to be concentrating their investigation on two suspects.
A spokesman for the Kiltegan Fathers said the order was getting “terrific co-operation” from the police.
Fr Roche is survived by ten brothers and sisters and was due to retire home to Co Limerick next year.
(DW/KMcA)
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