Thrissur: Johnson Moylan, a Salesian priest, was shot dead by a gang at Sirsia in Nepal on Tuesday, according to his colleagues with Don Bosco India. He was 60.
Fr. Moylan, who hailed from Ollur here, had been working in Nepal since 1996.
Don Bosco priests said that a five-member gang entered the Mission of the Salesians at Sirsia, locked assistant parish priest Mathew Puthupallil in his room and intruded into Fr. Moylan’s room. When the gang left the place 15 minutes later, Fr. Moylan was found lying in a pool of blood. He was shot in the chest and the stomach. Fr. Mathew called the police for help and alerted his colleagues at Kolkata. The police arrived from Dharan, 45 km from Sirsia, in the morning.
Son of Moylan Rappayi and Rosa of Ollur, Fr. Moylan became a Salesian in 1967. He was ordained priest at the Bangalore Province of the order in 1977. He had served as assistant parish priest in different parts of Andhra Pradesh. He was rector at the Pezzonipet, Cudappa and Hyderabad centres from 1986 to 1994.
Fr. Moylan started centres at Dharan and Sirsia in 1996 and 2000 respectively. Don Bosco priests said that Fr. Moylan’s body would be laid to rest at the Bandel basilica.
Fr. Moylan, who hailed from Ollur here, had been working in Nepal since 1996.
Don Bosco priests said that a five-member gang entered the Mission of the Salesians at Sirsia, locked assistant parish priest Mathew Puthupallil in his room and intruded into Fr. Moylan’s room. When the gang left the place 15 minutes later, Fr. Moylan was found lying in a pool of blood. He was shot in the chest and the stomach. Fr. Mathew called the police for help and alerted his colleagues at Kolkata. The police arrived from Dharan, 45 km from Sirsia, in the morning.
Son of Moylan Rappayi and Rosa of Ollur, Fr. Moylan became a Salesian in 1967. He was ordained priest at the Bangalore Province of the order in 1977. He had served as assistant parish priest in different parts of Andhra Pradesh. He was rector at the Pezzonipet, Cudappa and Hyderabad centres from 1986 to 1994.
Fr. Moylan started centres at Dharan and Sirsia in 1996 and 2000 respectively. Don Bosco priests said that Fr. Moylan’s body would be laid to rest at the Bandel basilica.