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Church in India

Manipur archbishop: 249 churches destroyed in 36 hours

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

Luke Coppen
Jun 19, 2023
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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…

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