Muslim Militants Target Clergy in Philippines
January 31, 2008
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Murderer who sought forgiveness to visit victim’s grave on Monday.
by Sarah Page
DUBLIN, January 30 (Compass Direct News) – In the midst of recent threats of violence against clergy in the Philippines, one repentant murderer next week will express his remorse by visiting the grave of the priest he killed.
Norberto Manero Jr. spent almost 23 years in prison for murdering Catholic Father Tulio Favali in 1985. Granted a pardon and released last Friday (January 25) – just 10 days after the latest murder by Muslim militants of a Catholic clergyman, Father Reynaldo Albores Roda – Manero plans to visit Fr. Favali’s grave in Kidapawan, southern Mindanao on Monday (February 4).
Read the full story at Compass Direct here.