{"id":17629,"date":"2025-04-05T16:55:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/priest-is-fatally-shot-outside-his-parish-rectory\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:55:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:55:58","slug":"priest-is-fatally-shot-outside-his-parish-rectory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/priest-is-fatally-shot-outside-his-parish-rectory\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest Is Fatally Shot Outside His Parish Rectory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A man fatally shot a Catholic priest outside his parish rectory in Kansas on Thursday in an attack with no known motive, the authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The priest, Arul Carasala, 57, was found with gunshot wounds at around 3 p.m. by state troopers outside the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church rectory in Seneca, Kan., according to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kansas.gov\/kbi\/news\/docs\/KBI%20NEWS%20%20Man%20arrested%20connected%20to%20Seneca%20homicide.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the Kansas Bureau of Investigation<\/a>. The priest was brought to a hospital where he died from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Shortly after, the authorities arrested Gary L. Hermesch, 66, who was booked into Nemaha County Jail on suspicion of first-degree murder, the bureau said. It remained unclear what led to Mr. Hermesch\u2019s arrest. It was not immediately known if he had a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A motive was not immediately given for the shooting. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said the investigation was ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis senseless act of violence has left us grieving the loss of a beloved priest, leader, and friend,\u201d Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City said <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/archbishopnaumann\/posts\/pfbid02YntxRMFpYio3qUbeoYFovkRDpRfLh2qEVBT56PYn4uifrKXd4UYABCQPsX7o2PfAl\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">on Facebook<\/a>. He added, \u201cLet us also pray for the perpetrator, that God may touch and transform his heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seneca is a town of about 2,000 people in northern Kansas, near the border with Nebraska. The authorities said Mr. Hermesch is from Tulsa, Okla., which is about 300 miles south of Seneca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Raj \u201cArul\u201d Balaswamy Carasala was born in Cuddapah, India, a city in the country\u2019s southeast. According to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saintspeterandpaul-seneca.com\/meet-our-pastor\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">an online biography<\/a>, Father Carasala became the pastor of Saints Peter and Paul parish on July 15, 2011.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He was ordained in the Diocese of Cuddapah and moved in 2004 to Kansas, where he served in four different parishes before settling in Seneca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Father Carasala became an American citizen on May 20, 2011, according to the biography. He maintained his ties to India, and believed that \u201cthe church is home wherever he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Archbishop Naumann said Mass on Thursday evening in Father Carasala\u2019s honor, according to social media posts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWhile we continue to mourn the loss of Father Arul, I pray that we will not lose hope. God is with us in our adversity,\u201d Archbishop Naumann said. \u201cHe can bring good out of evil.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/05\/us\/catholic-priest-shot-kansas.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man fatally shot a Catholic priest outside his parish rectory in Kansas on Thursday in an attack with 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