Hearing takes place of nun accused
Authorities in St. Lucia have held a secret hearing for two men accused of beating to death an Irish nun earlier this week.
Sr Theresa Egan, from Clonalsee in Co. Laois, was attacked whilst giving out Holy Communion during Mass in a church in the island's capital.
Her attackers also set a priest on fire and injured 12 others.
The secret hearing was reportedly an apparent attempt to avoid an angry mob outside the courthouse where 20-year-old Kim John and Francis Philip, 34, denied charges of murder and arson.
Both are members of the Rastafarian movement and claim they were sent by God to fight corruption in the Roman Catholic church.
The 73-year-old St Joseph of Cluny sister is due to be buried today.
