Christmas Eve, Catholic Priests Beaten in Tianjin City

China Aid Association
According to RFA reports, on December 19th, 48 Catholic priests from Shanxi province were beaten by 30 unidentified gansters in Tianjin city where they were sent by their parish to negotiate to return a catholic church property with the deputy mayor of Tianjin city. Seven priests were wounded and one Catholic believers is still hospitalized. The gansters were gone already by the time when the police arrived.