Mexico's Roman Catholic church says three elderly nuns were gagged and bound during a robbery at their mission house in southern Mexico.
The Diocese of Tehuantepec in the southern state of Oaxaca said Wednesday the crime happened Monday night in the town of Palomares. The nuns were uninjured.
It said that the parish priest of Palomares was beaten, bound and robbed at gunpoint nine months earlier.
The diocese said in a statement, "We cannot remain silent amid the growing wave of violence in some areas of Oaxaca."
In 2014, three priests were found dead and apparently murdered in neighbouring Guerrero state.
It is unclear whether priests have been specifically targeted or are simply victims of the generally high levels of violent crime that prevail in some parts of Mexico.
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