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father thiruchchelvam nihal jim brown jaffna , sri lanka 150px 1972 2006 father jim brown 2006.jpeg thiruchelvam nihal jim brown
 thiruchchelvam nihal jim brown parish lanka priest of st. philip neri church , sri
thiruchelvam nihal jim brown

fr.thiruchchelvam nihal jim brown -lrb- 1972 -- 2006 -rrb- was a minority sri lankan tamil , roman catholic parish priest who disappeared during the sri lankan civil war .
he was active helping his parishioners during the bombing of his church in northern sri lanka .
he went missing with wenceslaus vinces vimalathas on august 20 , 2006 and is presumed dead .
