Cotabato Cardinal Orlando Quevedo condemned the attack on a Catholic chapel by unidentified armed men in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao. The cardinal said armed men set ablaze the chapel in Barangay Labu-Labu in Maguindanao and destroyed religious statues. “This criminal act is an abhorrent desecration of a place of Catholic worship,” Quevedo said. Police are now investigating the desecration of the chapel that took place on the evening of Nov. 9. The cardinal said the destruction of the religious statues is “gravely disrespectful” of Catholic beliefs.

Source: The Standard November 16, 2017 02:03 UTC