Jean Donovan was the youngest (27) and the only laywoman among the 4 N American churchwomen raped and murdered by Salvadoran military on Dec 2 1980. She had been drawn to the mission in El Salvador and stayed on even when the risks became clear. Just before her death she wrote:

Dec 2, 2019 · 12:12 PM UTC

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“Several times I decided to leave—I almost could except for the children, the poor bruised victims of adult lunacy. Who would care for them? Whose heart would be so staunch as to favor the reasonable thing in a sea of their tears and loneliness? Not mine, dear friend, not mine.”
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
That quote still brings tears … The women and the UCA Jesuits + housekeeper.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg @gehringdc
Thank you @RobertEllsberg for this reminder. Allow me to spoil the reflective mood by recalling that senior officials of the Reagan Admin lied at the time that these blessed martyrs died in an “exchange of fire” after “running a roadblock.” Viciousness in US politics is not new.
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