Word: salesian
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Born in the isolated fishing village of Port Salut, Aristide moved with his widowed mother to the capital and was educated by Salesian priests, a group dedicated to charity and spiritual instruction for poor and orphaned children. Even before his ordination in 1982, he began writing protest songs about the exploitation of the poor. Sent to Israel and Canada to study the Bible and psychology, he returned to Haiti in 1985, just in time to participate in the nonviolent anti-Duvalier movement. After Duvalier's ouster, Aristide continued to be a persistent critic of the government and an outspoken proponent...
Aristide's polemical preaching led to his expulsion from the Salesian order in 1988. While he technically remains a priest, Aristide is forbidden to say Mass. He has indicated he will leave the priesthood to serve as Haiti's President...