Manipur archbishop: 249 churches destroyed in 36 hours

Archbishop Dominic Lumon criticized the authorities’ response to the disorder, which broke out May 3.

An archbishop in the troubled Indian state of Manipur has said that around 249 churches belonging to one ethnic group were destroyed in the first 36 hours of a wave of violence in May. 

A charred church in the Indian state of Manipur in early May 2023. Courtesy photo.

Archbishop Dominic Lumon of Imphal made the estimate in a June 15 account of the ongoing…