Priest Who Advocated Human Rights, Peasant Activist Murdered in Eastern Visayas

Priest Who Advocated Human Rights, Peasant Activist Murdered in Eastern Visayas

The murders of peasant activist Romulo Mendoba and Father Cecilio Lucero, both of Eastern Visayas, have been blamed on the military’s Oplan Bantay Laya. In the case of Lucero, he had been publicly denounced by President Arroyo as “that communist priest,” according to the NDF. It is said that he was the first priest to have been murdered in Samar since Catholicism was introduced in the province 400 years ago.

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