Father Chris Alar to Newsmax: Nigeria Crisis Far Worse Than Reported

President Donald Trump is vowing action against the Islamic radicals holding more than 250 children and teachers in Nigeria, and Father Chris Alar said on Newsmax Sunday that the crisis is far more severe than global leaders and the media acknowledge.

Alar, provincial superior of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception, told Newsmax that he recently undertook “an extensive amount of time, money, and paperwork” to secretly evacuate a Nigerian priest whose life was in imminent danger.

Alar said that the priest warned him that the death toll and kidnappings of Christians are dramatically underreported.

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