Over 180 clergy leave welfare centres
Mahinda ALUTHGEDERA and Vavuniya Special Corr.
One hundred and eighty four Hindu and Catholic priests from relief
centres in Vavuniya, Settikulam, Welioya and Veerapuram yesterday left
for their kovils and churches in their native soil.
A ceremony was held under the patronage of Senior Presidential
Advisor MP Basil Rajapaksa in Vavuniya in connection with the event. Of
the 184 clerics 177 were Hindu priests and seven Catholic priests.
Senior Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa MP, said at the ceremony
that President Mahinda Rajapaksa would be the happiest by the liberation
of the members of the clergy. So are the members of the Security Forces.
"We therefore have to appreciate the sacrifices made by the heroic
Forces," he said.
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