Freed Haiti priest in U.S. for treatment (Jean-Juste)

struggle4progress

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Freed Haiti priest in U.S. for treatment (Jean-Juste)

DENISE KALETTE
Associated Press

MIAMI - A politically influential Roman Catholic priest arrived in Miami on Sunday after Haiti's government granted him a temporary release from jail to be treated for leukemia and pneumonia.

The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste will be treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital, said Ira Kurzban, an attorney who has worked with the cleric for years ...

Amnesty International has labeled Jean-Juste, who supports ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, "a prisoner of conscience." He has drawn comparisons to Aristide for his impassioned sermons and advocacy for the poor and has emerged as a prominent figure in the ousted leader's Lavalas Family party ...

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13743749.htm

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magellan

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Sun Jan-29-06 11:53 PM
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1. I didn't know Father Jean-Juste had leukemia

How tragic. Thank god he's out of prison, at least for the time being, and will receive treatment.

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