𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗦 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱€ 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲

A Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev. Benjamin Madu who had been preparing to leave the United States after his religious worker visa expired has died in Massachusetts, church officials have confirmed.

Madu, a priest of the Diocese of Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, died on Thursday after serving for several years as a hospital chaplain and parish priest in Massachusetts.

In announcing his death, Father Jim Achadinha, pastor of the Catholic communities of Gloucester and Rockport, described it as a “devastating loss.”