Church calls for lumad probe

The priests in the Diocese of Tandag led by Bishop Nereo Odchimar has condemned the harassment and killing of lumad or indigenous people in Surigao del Sur as it demanded a fair investigation into the root of the incidents.

“As priests of the Diocese of Tandag, together with our Bishop, we all strongly condemn the terrorization, harassments and the killings of our Lumad brothers and sisters, as well as denounced the root cause of it all,” the Church leaders said in a pastoral statement.