MIGUEL ESTEBAN HESAYNE

In the midst of the Argentine Dirty War where the right wing government was murdering and torturing their political enemies of the left, most of the Catholic Church Priests and other Church Authorities had sided with the government and morally overlooked their atrocities and crimes against humanity. Others were fearful as Bishop Enrique Angelelli had been murdered by the military death squads in 1976. Bishop Hesayne was one of the few members of the Church hierarchy who criticized church officials for their silence.

The Bishop in this letter threatened to excommunicate the President because his economic policy was causing the death of babies and elderly people from malnutrition and lack of medical care and other basic services.

In the midst of the Argentine Dirty War where the right wing government was murdering and torturing their political enemies of the left, most of the Catholic Church Priests and other Church Authorities had sided with the government and morally overlooked their atrocities and crimes against humanity. Others were fearful as Bishop Enrique Angelelli had been murdered by the military death squads in 1976. Bishop Hesayne was one of the few members of the Church hierarchy who criticized church officials for their silence.

The Bishop in this letter threatened to excommunicate the President because his economic policy was causing the death of babies and elderly people from malnutrition and lack of medical care and other basic services.