Father Charles François, parish priest of Arnaud, in the diocese of Anse-à-Veau/Miragoane, in the Nippes, was attacked Tuesday evening by armed bandits on the road to Calebassier, in Miragoane.
He was shot twice in the neck and collarbone, confirmed a source close to the Catholic Church to ZoomHaitinews.
He was in his vehicle when he was attacked by the thugs.
He was evacuated to a hospital in Fonds-des-Blancs, in the South department, to receive the care required by his condition.
The priest had to undergo surgery, the hospital St. Theresa of Miragoane does not have specialists in this area, the victim had to go to the South to be treated, our source lamented stressing that the bishop Pierre Andre Dumas has particularly accompanied Father Francis in the circumstance.