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Female church worker shot dead after Mass in Philippines

Published: November 15, 2012

A female church worker was shot in the head and killed in the Philippines on Wednesday outside the main Catholic church in Bongao town, capital of the southwestern province of Tawi-Tawi, reports Ucanews.

Police reports said Conchita “Ching” Francisco, a 62-year-old school principal, was shot in the head after attending evening Mass.

Oblates of Mary Immaculate missionary Priest Jun Mercado said Francisco was about to take a ride on a motorcycle when assailants shot her. The gunmen remain unidentified.

“She died instantly,” Mercado wrote in a Facebook post. “Earlier, she led the rosary and was the commentator at Mass.”

He added that he arrived at the parish convent at around 6 pm “only to be met by a murder.”

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  1. The Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo, which includes the province of Tawi-tawi, has had a series of murders of Church personnel.
    Bishop Benjamin de Jesus OMI was murdered in front of the cathedral in Jolo on 4 February 1997; Fr Benjamin Inocencio OMI behind the same cathedral on 28 December 2000; and Fr Jesus Reynaldo A. Roda OMI in Tawi-tawi on 15 January 2008. [http://www.misyononline.com/new/may-jun2008/They-too-Mourned-for-Him].
    May they and Conchita rest in peace.

    Posted By: Fr Sean Coyle

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