Man shot and killed the Catholic priest on his parish rector in northeastern Kansas star-news.press/wp

Seneca, Kansas – The Catholic priest shot and killed the man on Thursday who approached him to his parish rector in the city of Senecs, Kansas, said church officials.

“I heard to share tragic news about the death of Fr. Arul Carasal, who was mortally shot earlier,” Archbishop Joseph Naumann, from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, said in Facebook Post. “This pointless act of violence has left us to narrow the loss of beloved priest, leader and friends.”

Carasala was a pastor on Saints Petr and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca since 2011. years, According to his profile on a passion website. He was ordained a priest in 1994. in Gender India and served in Kansas since 2004. years. He became an American citizen in 2011. years.

Post on Parish Facebook page He said the priest was shot in the church rector and died soon after the local hospital.

“A suspicious shooter is supposedly in custody,” the post said.

Kris Anderson, the prefect director of religious education, told the associated press that they knew a little detail.

“From what we know, the older man approached him and shot three times,” she said, adding not to know who shot him or why.

People responded to phones at the Seneca Police Department and in the sheriff of the Nemaha district decreased to comment. Calls are calling to the Brad Lippert District Lawyer, who traveled and did not immediately return the call or email from the associated press to search for recording details.

The Archbishop said that there was no threat in the community, but that he recognized “pain” deaths to the community of about 2,100 people in the northeast, and about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northwest of the city of Kansas.

“Fr. Carasala was a dedicated and zealous pastor that faithfully served our Archdiocese for more than twenty years, including the Dean of the Nemah-Marshall region,” he wrote. “His love for Christ and his church was visible in how he served his people with great generous claims and care. His parishioners, friends and brother priests will miss himself.”