GUNNED DOWN Fr. Fausto Tentorio, PIME, parish priest of Arakan, North Cotabato was gunned down this morning in his convent 8:30a. m. Monday. File Photo coutesy of PIME Philipines.
An Italian priest who has been serving Mindanao for decades and who was head of the Tribal Filipinos Apostolate of the Diocese of Kidapawan was gunned down at around 8:30 Monday morningjust as he was preparing to leave his convent in Arakan Valley, North Cotabato, for the 9 a.m. Presbyterium in Kidapawan City.
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