Exactly a year after the murder of Italian missionary Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, no case has been filed in court and the parishioners and indigenous peoples in Arakan, North Cotabato, where he served as parish priest, as well as the Diocese of Kidapawan and his congregation, the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missionaries (PIME), are still waiting.
Fr. Peter Geremia, also of the PIME and presently the assistant parish priest in Arakan, told MindaNews that one year later, justice has remained elusive.
As of October 17, the first death anniversary of Tentorio, Geremia said they have yet to hear from the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the status of the case.
He recalled that the last time Justice Undersecretary Francisco Baraan replied to his follow-up query was on September 13. During that time, he said, Baraan asked him if he received a letter from them (DOJ). He replied he didn’t.
He quoted Baraan as saying, “Sorry, Father, to tell you that the NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) doubts your witnesses.”
“I replied I also doubt their (NBI) witnesses,” Geremia said. [MindaNews]
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