Rafael Palacios (priest)

Fr. Rafael Palacios was a Roman Catholic priest in El Salvador who was assassinated on 20 June 1979 in Suchitoto. He served under Archbishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez. His murder was characterized by Romero as part of a systematic persecution of the Catholic Church and oppression against efforts to reform a military dictatorship there to guarantee human rights for the poor masses.

References

Peterson, Anna L. (1997). Martyrdom and the Politics of Religion. SUNY Press. p. 64. ISBN 9780791431825.
"Jesuit priest gunned down". The Day. 21 June 1979. p. 50.

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