Chinese agents abduct, detain Catholic priest

"This is indisputable evidence of the Chinese government's systematic effort in an attempt to crush and eradicate the Roman Catholic Church in China." a statement from the Cardinal Kung foundation

A priest in China's non-government controlled Catholic church has been abducted and detained by authorities, three months after the head of his diocese was taken away, a US-based monitoring group said yesterday.

Father Zhao Kexun was "forcibly abducted" by Chinese government security agents in Xuanhua, a district in the northern province of Hebei, after a service at a private house on Wednesday, according to the Cardinal Kung Foundation.

Zhao, an administrator for the Xuanhua diocese, was returning to his home 8km away when he was taken, the group said in a statement. A woman with him also was detained but was released shortly after, it added.

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