In a life dedicated to social justice, she was jailed in Rhodesia but later returned to a liberated Zimbabwe to help build its school system.
Source: New York Times
Janice McLaughlin, Nun Who Exposed Abuse in Africa, Dies at 79
Published in Black People, Deaths (Obituaries), Human Rights and Human Rights Violations, Maryknoll Sisters, McLaughlin, Janice (1942-2021), Nuns, Rhodesia and Zimbabwe
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