Kenyans Commemorate Life Of Slain Priest Whose Murder Remains A Mystery

Roman Catholic priest John Anthony Kaiser and Mill Hill father from Perham, Minnesota, US. Kaiser wrote several letters calling on government officials to look into the welfare of internally displaced people who were housed in camps. VIA NATION MEDIA GROUP

Catholics in Kenya commemorated the life of American missionary John Anthony Kaiser, a Catholic priest and human rights defender. He was particularly vocal in condemning politically motivated tribal clashes during the 1990s, and whose assassination in the year 2000 shocked the country.

Born on Nov. 23, 1932 in Perham, Minnesota, Kaiser was ordained a Catholic priest at St. Louis for the Mill Hill Fathers in 1964 and commissioned to Kenya, where he served for nearly three decades until his death. At the time of his death, he was stationed at Lolgorian Parish in Ngong Diocese.