vendredi 23 octobre 2009

Jose Feliciano, 64, Arrested for Murdering Rev. Ed Hinds, 61, Roman Catholic Priest, in St. Patrick's Church in Newark, NJ, Suburb

Rev. Ed Hinds, 61, a Roman Catholic priest, was found murdered Friday morning in his clerical robes, in the rectory of his northern New Jersey parish. Authorities warned that a killer was on the loose. No one has been arrested, and police have reportedly said they would not discuss possible motives.

Hinds was found around 8 a.m. Friday in the kitchen of the rectory attached to St. Patrick's Church in the affluent Newark suburb of Chatham, after he failed to appear to preside over morning Mass.

He was last seen alive around 11 p.m. Thursday, following a safety seminar held by police at the church in which they fingerprinted and photographed young children. According to media reports, the roads and intersections around the church and its Catholic school were closed as authorities investigated. Hinds, who was born in Morristown, N.J., had been at the parish since 2003.

UPDATE#1:  Jose Feliciano, the janitor at St. Patrick's Church, has been charged with murder in the slaying Rev. Hinds. According to Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi, Feliciano stabbed Hinds 32 times with a knife after they got into an argument on Thursday. The body was found on Friday morning. Feliciano, 64, has been employed with the church for 17 years. He also faces two weapons charges. He confessed to the murder of Father Hinds.

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