16 APRIL 2013
Father Martin is the parish priest on the Island of Abaiang, which is about two hours by boat from Tarawa, in Kiribati. Of the island’s population of about 5,000, some 4,000 are Catholics.
Described as, “an intense man who wears thick black glasses,” he was until recently a climate-sceptic and feared that the message of activists would cause his people to lose faith in God and the Catholic Church.
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Source: CathNews New Zealand