Pakistani bishop commits suicide as protest. (Bishop John Joseph commits suicide in protest of condemnation to death of Ayub Massih for blasphemy against Islam) From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: May 15, 1998 | COPYRIGHT 1998 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A Catholic in mostly Muslim Pakistan was sentenced to death, but a bishop noted for support of human rights is dead instead.

Bishop John Joseph ended his own life May 6 in the courthouse in Sahiwal where Ayub Massih, a 25-year-old Catholic had been condemned to die for blasphemy against Islam. Joseph shot himself in the head in protest.

Asian bishops attending a month-long synod in Rome observed a moment of silence for Joseph the following day.

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