On December 2, 1980, four female Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard. The victims were Marykno
Mural depicting the missionaries
Memorial depicting Oscar Romero and the murdered missionaries.
Jean Donovan
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Jean Marie Donovan was an American lay missionary who was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries—Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel—by members of the military of El Sal
1980 murders of U.S. missionaries in El Salvador
…and Luis Antonio Colindres Alemán). The victims were Maryknoll sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan. The Salvadoran Civil War began after the 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état which brought the Revolutionary Government Junta to power. Catholic activists…
Jean Donovan