American Anglican priest found killed in Milan

An Anglican priest has been found beaten to death in his home in Milan.

Police say the priest, a fifty-one year-old United States citizen called Gregory Beheydt, was found bound and gagged in his bathroom and appeared to have been killed by a blow to the head.

His house had been ransacked.

The Reverend Beheydt had recently taken up his post as Chaplain of the Church of All Saints, ministering to the small Anglican community in Milan.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service