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Father Michael Allan Lapsley SSM (born 2 June 1949 ) is an South Africa n Anglican Priest and social activist. He was born in New Zealand and in the early 1970s trained as an Anglican priest in Australia before coming to South Africa in 1973 . Lapsley's Visa was not renewed in 1976 due to his affiations with the banned African National Congress and arrived in Lesotho on the 30 September 1976. He later moved to Harare in Zimbabwe . On 28 April 1990 , Lapsley was the victim of a Letter Bomb sent to him by an operative of the Civil Cooperation Bureau which resulted in the loss of both hands and an eye. He had just returned from a speaking tour of Canada and a visit to Cuba . Lapsley worked for the ) by fellow South African priest and Theologian Michael Worsnip . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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