Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- An 80-year-old Roman Catholic priest was found stabbed to death in his church in the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, CNNMexico.com reported Thursday, citing state police.
The Rev. Carlos Salvador Wotto was found in the church office Wednesday night with several stab wounds and bound hands and feet, CNNMexico reported.
Wotto had been the parish priest at Nuestra Senora de las Nieves (Our Lady of the Snow) for eight years.
State and local authorities were investigating and no motive was immediately given.
Jose Guadalupe Barragan, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Antequera, said church officials would wait for the investigation to end before commenting.
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