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American Catholic Maryknoll sister
Maura Clarke
M.M.
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Born
| Mary Elizabeth Clarke
(
1931-01-13
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January 13, 1931
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Died
| December 2, 1980
(1980-12-02)
(aged 49)
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Cause of death
| Murder
by military
death squad
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Resting place
| Chalatenango
,
El Salvador
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Nationality
| American
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Occupation
| Maryknoll
Missionary Sister
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Parent(s)
| John and Mary Clarke
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Maura Clarke
, MM (January 13, 1931 ? December 2, 1980), was an American
Catholic
Maryknoll
sister
who served as a
missionary
in
Nicaragua
and
El Salvador
. She worked with the poor and
refugees
in
Central America
from 1959 until her
murder
in 1980. On December 2, 1980, she
was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries
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Ita Ford
,
Dorothy Kazel
and
Jean Donovan
? by members of the
military of El Salvador
.
Murder
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See also
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References
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Further reading
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- A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sr. Maura
, Eileen Markey, NationBooks 2016.
- Hearts on Fire: The Story of the Maryknoll Sisters
, Penny Lernoux, et al., Orbis Books, 1995.
- Ita Ford: Missionary Martyr
, Phyllis Zagano, Paulist Press, 1996.
- The Same Fate As the Poor
, Judith M. Noone, Orbis Books, 1995.
ISBN
1-57075-031-9
- Witness of Hope: The Persecution of Christians in Latin America
, Martin Lange and Reinhold Iblacker, Orbis Books, 1981.
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