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UCCP COUNCIL OF BISHOPS DENOUNCES ILLEGAL ARREST AND DETENTION OF A CHURCH WORKER, CHURCH MEMBERS AND ORDINARY FARMERS AND CIVILIANS IN HIMAMAYLAN, KABANGKALAN AND SAGAY TOWNS OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

UCCP COUNCIL OF BISHOPS DENOUNCES ILLEGAL ARREST AND DETENTION OF A CHURCH WORKER, CHURCH MEMBERS AND ORDINARY FARMERS AND CIVILIANS IN HIMAMAYLAN, KABANGKALAN AND SAGAY TOWNS OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

The UCCP Council of Bishops denounces in the strongest terms the unlawful arrests of seven (7) civilians, yesterday June 26. They are mostly members of our church and IFI in the remote area of Buenavista Himamaylan, Negros, including Pastor Jimmy Teves, UCCP Lincentiate Pastor who together with a co-pastor has been serving 17 UCCP local churches in Himamaylan, Negros. Aside from them there were other arrests made by the local police, two (2) in La Castellana and two (2) more in Sagay town all in Negros Occidental Province.