page_title: Mary Bastian
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Bastian
caption_attribution_description: English: Author: Francis Dabarera, WEBMASTER http://www.VANKALAI.COM
context_page_description: Father Mary Bastian was a minority Tamil Human Rights activist and local Roman Catholic parish priest from Sri Lanka. He was shot and killed along with 10 other civilians on January 6, 1985 as part of the Sri Lankan civil war allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army.
context_section_description: Father Mary Bastian  (1948 – 6 January 1985) was a minority Tamil Human Rights activist and local Roman Catholic parish priest from Sri Lanka. He was shot and killed along with 10 other civilians on January 6, 1985 as part of the Sri Lankan civil war allegedly by the Sri Lankan Army.
caption: Our Lady of St. Anne's Church originally built during the Portuguese colonial period, an important landmark in Vankalai, where Fr. Mary Bastian was killed
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