TANZANIA
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Tanzania Daily News
FORMER Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Dar es Salaam Sixtus Kimaro who was in July 2006 sentenced to 35 years in jail for sodomy and molestation has died.
Kimaro’s relative who preferred anonymity told ‘Sunday News’ in the city on Saturday that the former priest died in Mozambique where he was reported conducting private business.
His body was brought to Dar es Salaam on Saturday and was preserved at Lugalo hospital where relatives and friends are today expected to pay final respects, before it is transported to Rombo district in Kilimanjaro region for burial at Mengwe Division on Monday.
The Secretary of the Archbishop of Dar es Salaam, Father Dennis Wigila, said in Dar es Salaam on Saturday that he was aware that Kimaro had died, and since he was no longer a priest in the diocese, his relatives were taking charge of the funeral arrangements.
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