The murder of Kansas Catholic priest Arul Carasala at his church’s rectory was carried out "intentionally and with premeditation," a prosecutor said.

SENECA, Kansas -- A Catholic priest was shot and killed Thursday by a man who approached him at his parish rectory in the town of Seneca, Kansas, church officials said.

Students at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School were outside, playing feet from where their priest, the Rev. Arul Carasala, was gunned down.