Maura Clarke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maura Clarke

Maryknoll Sister murdered in El Salvador

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1931

Place of Birth: Queens, New York, United States

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1980

Nationality: United States, El Salvador

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sister Maura Clarke, M.M., was an American Catholic Maryknoll sister who served as a missionary in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
She worked with the poor and refugees in Central America from 1959 until her murder in 1980.
On December 2, 1980, she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.