11. Church deacon Javier Pena was wounded in the leg and was treated at a nearby hospital. 12. He said one church deacon was meeting Monday with a high-ranking police official of his acquaintance to request that the police action not be repeated. 13. He was a caring corner grocer, a Korean immigrant and church deacon who gave advice to neighborhood boys and organized an anti-crime petition drive. 14. The measure would include lifting a ban on church deacons and elders, who generally come from the rank and file of a church. 15. The students told investigators a church deacon was the first person to reach the scene after the attack, and that he negotiated a release with the rebels. 16. A church deacon told the army he had found them burned to death inside the car and had hastened to seek help. 17. A church deacon told the army he had found them burned to death in the car and had hastened to seek help. |