Rome, Italy, Oct 22, 2009 / 18:04 pm
Bishop Emmanuel Treveno Cabajar of Pagadian in the Philippines is urging that direct contact be made with the kidnappers of the elderly Irish missionary priest, Father Michael Sinnott, as “he urgently needs his medication.”
Fr. Sinnott,78, was taken at gunpoint by six men who stormed his home in Pagadian City on the island of Mindanao on Oct. 11. According to Reuters, witnesses said the Colombian priest was bundled into a van and later dragged to a boat.
The priest is known to have a heart condition and needs a daily dosage of medicine.
In an interview with the Fides news agency, Bishop Cabajar called on “the entire Catholic community of the world to join in our prayers.”