On a mission from God, but to do what?
by Mary Sanchez, Tribune Content Agency
Nov 30, 2018
3 minutes
When is the murder of a missionary a martyrdom, and when is it a justifiable act of self-defense by an insular culture that doesn't take the threat of incursion by outsiders lightly?
That conundrum lies at the heart of the unfortunate demise of John Allen Chau.
Chau was the intrepid 26-year-old Christian missionary from Washington state who so fervently desired to evangelize a remote indigenous tribe on North Sentinel Island
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