Fr Joshua Edakadambil, an Indian Catholic priest serving in Ethiopia as a missionary was kidnapped by rebel soldiers but released him in 24 hours.
The member of the Order of the Imitation of Christ, or Bethany Ashram, has been working in the Apostolic Vicariate of Nekemte in the east Afri-can country. The 32-year-old priest was abducted while going to celebrate Mass in a mission station. They then took him to a forest and kept him in their custody.
Bishop Varghese Thottamkara, Vicar Apostolic of Nekemte, said the rebel soldiers took the Indian priest for mistaken identity. They released the priest after the Church negotiated with the rebels.
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