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26925: Hermantin(news)Lawyer says Jean-Juste possibly has cancer (fwd)




From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Posted on  Fri, Dec. 16, 2005

HAITI

Latin American & Caribbean Briefs

From Herald Wire Services

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Lawyer says Jean-Juste possibly has cancer

A jailed Catholic priest who had been considered a potential candidate for Haiti's presidency may have cancer and should be released to seek medical treatment in the United States, his lawyer said Thursday.

The Rev. Gerard Jean-Juste, a supporter of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has declined an examination by government doctors because he doesn't trust them, attorney Bill Quigley told reporters outside the jailed priest's church in the capital.

Dr. John Carroll, a supporter who examined Jean-Juste in jail, said the priest has swelling in his neck and under his arms and an abnormal white blood cell count, which are possible indications of cancer or an infection.

''Every day that goes by, we are wasting time,'' Carroll said. ``If this is indeed cancer, his life is in danger.''