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In a statement issued on April 16 by the Sudan and South Sudan Catholic Bishops Conference (SSCBC), the bishops while expressing full support of the Vatican’s decision and solidarity with Bishop Carlassare, divulged that the Dicastery for the Evangelization of Peoples issued an interdict and suspension against Fr Machol in conformity with Canon 1370 §2 of the Code of Canon Law in May 2023 that was only made public on April 9, 2024.

Fr John Mathiang Machol, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, South Sudan, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail for masterminding the failed murder of his bishop Rt Rev Christian Carlassare, MCCJ, has been acquitted by the Supreme Court sitting in Juba.

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A priest accused of shooting a bishop-elect in 2021 has been freed by the South Sudanese Supreme Court.

Religious leaders in South Sudan have welcomed the sentencing of four men, including a clergyman, for the attempted murder of the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Rumbek. The leaders said the sentencing would likely bring to an end a series of murders targeting church leaders across the country.