JOHANNESBURG – An eighty-three-year-old Belgian Catholic priest has been killed in South Africa. Member of the Oblate Church, Fr. Joseph Hollander was found murdered in his own home in the village of Bodibe, two hundred kilometers from Johannesburg. On January 12, Fr. The body was first spotted by a visitor who came to see Hollander. There are no bruises on the body found. Funeral services were held on Sunday after the Mass. It is observed that Hollander was killed during the robbery attempt. Meanwhile, police have arrested a man in connection with the incident.
The clergyman’s phone was recovered from the man who was arrested. Fr. Bishop Victor Fallana of Clerksdorf called Hollander a ‘broad heart’. “He continued to serve the poor. Everyone knows Hollander has no money. He even spent a little bit of money on the poor He was able to.
