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MBANDAKA, DR Congo (AFP) — A Catholic priest has been quarantined after being infected with the Ebola virus in the town of Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of Congo, medical sources said Thursday. “We have quarantined a priest from the diocese of Mbandaka-Bikoro who tested positive” for the Ebola virus, a medical source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Religious authorities could not be immediately contacted. DRC health officials launched a small, targeted vaccination […]
(Eagle News) – A Catholic priest who was taken hostage by the ISIS-inspired Maute rebels at the start of the Marawi siege was among the hostages rescued by government troops on Saturday night, September 16, according to a facebook post of presidential peace adviser Jesus “Jess” Dureza. In his post, Dureza said he got the information that the priest Chito Suganob was with another hostage rescued by the government troops near Bato mosque at “162300hsept2017.” […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A Roman Catholic priest has been arrested on child sex charges after he was allegedly caught with a 13-year-old girl procured from a pimp, a Philippine church official said Tuesday. The church and the police are conducting separate investigations into the case of Monsignor Arnel Lagarejos after he was arrested in a suburb of Manila on Friday, said retired Bishop Oscar Cruz. Lagarejos, a parish priest and head of a […]
