ABOUT THIS SERIES

February 8, 2009

Christopher Goffard began researching the story of Father John Kaiser in late 2007. In Kenya, he visited areas where the missionary served and interviewed his friends, parishioners, church colleagues, Kenyan politicians, lawyers and others who knew him. Goffard talked to Kaiser's family members in California and Minnesota, as well as to FBI agents, U.S. diplomats and scholars. Kaiser's letters and other writings, filling nearly 500 pages, were a major source of information. Goffard also examined Kenyan police reports, court transcripts and news accounts, and FBI records concerning Kaiser's death.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-kaiser8-2009feb08,0,984334.story

From the Los Angeles Times

Priest's mission in Kenya went beyond church