Patrick Rice
Patrick Rice | |
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St. Patrick's College, Maynooth | |
Occupation(s) | Priest Human rights activist |
Spouse | Fátima Cabrera |
Children | Carlos Rice Cabrera Amy Rice Cabrera Blanca Rice Cabrera |
Patrick Michael Rice (also Patricio Rice) (September 1945 – 8 July 2010) was an Irish
Life
Rice was born in
In the years following, Rice ran extensive human rights education programmes and helped form a union movement all the while working as a labourer priest. He also began his investigation of the "disappeared", which he was later highly regarded for. Through his social work in
Rice was kidnapped on 11 October 1976 in
After leaving both the Little Brothers and the priesthood in 1985, Rice married Fátima Cabrera, who had been arrested and tortured at the same time as him; they had three children. He continued his work as a
In 2010, while returning to Argentina from a visit to his family in Ireland, Rice was changing planes in
Legacy
In 2004 ESMA, where Rice had been held and tortured, was converted into a memorial museum; in December 2010 its chapel was converted into an
References
- ^ "Human rights activist Pat Rice dies at 64". The Irish Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Martínez, Diego (9 July 2010). "Un luchador consecuente". Página12 (in Spanish).
- ^ a b "Patricio Rice, defensor de los derechos humanos". Carlos de Foucauld.org (in Spanish).
- ^ CONDOLENCIAS POR EL FALLECMIENTO DEL PADRE PATRICK RICE (in Spanish) [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nominan Espacio Patrick Rice a la capilla de la ex ESMA". Carlos de Foucauld.org (in Spanish).