The priest’s body had several gunshot wounds, and he was next to a truck, which he was allegedly driving when he was killed.
GUANAJUATO, Gto.- The priest Gumersindo Cortés González, parish priest of the Cristo Rey temple in the community of Dolores Hidalgo, was found shot to death on a dirt road in that same municipality.
The religious minister had been reported missing by his relatives on Saturday morning.
He was 63 years old and 38 years as a priest.
His body was found the night of that day, the state attorney general’s office reported.
The priest’s body had several gunshot wounds, and he was next to a truck, which he was allegedly driving when he was killed.
It was found in a gap between the communities of Cerrito de Guadalupe and San Antón de las Minas.
Father Gumersindo did his studies at the Colegio Marista; He was ordained as a priest in 1983, in Celaya, where he was a pastor before being assigned to the Cristo Rey parish in the Mesa de López community.
The Diocese of Celaya published a message of condolences for the murder of the priest, who for many years was director of the Holy House of Atotonilco exercises.
Source: proceso.com.mx
