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The police killing of a mother and her son in Tarlac demonstrated how ingrained impunity has become in Philippine society, a Catholic bishop said.
Bishop Enrique Macaraeg of Tarlac said the recent incident is only one of the many killings that “have been happening around us”.
“Some of them happened without a video to record them,” he said. “Whether posted on social media or done hidden without a witness, killing is a sin.”
The bishop was reacting to the double murder case involving 46-year-old police officer Jonel Nuezca.
Nuezca shot dead 52-year old Sonya Gregorio and her son, 25-year old Frank Anthony, on Sunday.
Diocese of Tarlac condemns killing of mother, son in Paniqui town By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News
Published December 22, 2020 5:38pm The Diocese of Tarlac has condemned the killing of Sonya and Frank Anthony Gregorio by Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca in Paniqui town a few days before Christmas. In a statement issued on Monday, Tarlac Bishop Enrique Macaraeg expressed dismay that the killings took place during these holy days preparing for Christmas which makes us bow in shame, guilt, and shock. Murder is wrong any way we look at it. Killing is a sin against God and against humanity. Murder is not only a sin against the killed and their families. It is both a sin and crime that cries out to heaven, he said.
Published December 22, 2020, 3:37 PM
An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has condemned the killing of an unarmed mother and son by a policeman in Tarlac City.
“This bloodshed in broad daylight, witnessed by family members, should not have happened in the first place had we let peaceful reconciliation, not hot-tempered emotion prevail,” said CBCP – Episcopal Commission on Social Action, Justice, and Peace Chairman Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo in a statement.
“Hence our strong condemnation of such [an] abhorrent act, which should have no place in our society!,” he added.
To note, Sonya Gregorio, and her son, Frank Anthony, were shot dead by Police Senior Master Sergeant Jonel Nuezca in Paniqui, Tarlac last Dec. 20.
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