Martyred on 14 February 2025 in Myanmar.
Photo Credit: Archdiocese of Mandalay.
Funeral of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win (R.I.P.).
Photo Credit: Archdiocese of Mandalay.
By Andrés HenríquezACI Prensa Staff, 25 February 2025, 07:00 a.m.
Two women who witnessed the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win in Myanmar last week recounted how the priest “fearlessly confronted” the armed men who took his life.
In a statement to the pontifical news agency Fides, the two witnesses — who are teachers and parish workers at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in the village of Kangyi Taw — said that when some ten militiamen, “clearly intoxicated or under the influence of drugs,” encountered Fr. Ye Naing Win, they ordered him to kneel.
“I only kneel before God,” the Priest calmly replied to the leader of the armed men. Fr. Ye Naing Win then proceeded to ask: “What can I do for you ? Is there something we can talk about ?”
Immediately one of the men struck Fr. Ye Naing Win from behind with a dagger.
In a statement to the pontifical news agency Fides, the two witnesses — who are teachers and parish workers at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in the village of Kangyi Taw — said that when some ten militiamen, “clearly intoxicated or under the influence of drugs,” encountered Fr. Ye Naing Win, they ordered him to kneel.
“I only kneel before God,” the Priest calmly replied to the leader of the armed men. Fr. Ye Naing Win then proceeded to ask: “What can I do for you ? Is there something we can talk about ?”
Immediately one of the men struck Fr. Ye Naing Win from behind with a dagger.
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