Manila, April 26 -- The Diocese of San Carlos in Negros Occidental has joined the call for justice for Escalante City Councilor Bernardino Patigas Sr., who gunned down on his way home from a campaign rally on Monday afternoon.
"Our Catholic community calls for justice for the death of Bernardo 'Toto' Patigas Sr. We pray for the soul of 'Tay Toto and for the end of killings," Bishop Gerardo Alminaza said in a statement released on Thursday.
"In sadness, we all are crying out: End the killings! These barbaric and calculated assassinations must end! We must not tolerate this kind of crime," he added.
Alminaza said Patigas, a survivor of the Escalante massacre in 1985, was a dedicated human rights worker and a devoted church worker, who was ...