The World - News from Aug. 22, 1985

An American Catholic priest was released without charges after being detained for two days by Honduran security forces. A U.S. Embassy spokesman in Tegucigalpa said that Father John Donald, 46, of Albuquerque, N.M., was handed over to church superiors. He had been detained in northern Honduras, near where joint U.S.-Honduran military exercises are being held. Ramon Custodio Lopez, head of a human rights group, said the priest was detained for urging people to protest the presence of U.S. soldiers. Authorities reportedly believe that peasant groups with which the priest worked have been involved in guerrilla activity.