CBCP leadership ‘greatly disturbed’ by sedition, criminal charges against clergies 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Analou De VeraThe head of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on Saturday said that the sedition and criminal complaints against some bishops were “beyond belief.”“I am very saddened by this news and am greatly disturbed by this development. I know these bishops quite well,” said CBCP President and Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles in a statement. Among those included in the complaints were Caloocan Bishop and CBCP Vice President Pablo Virgilio David, former CBCP President and Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas, retired Novaliches Archbishop Teodoro Bacani Jr. and Cubao Bishop Honesto Ongtioco. READ MORE: Cubao bishop surprised he was included in sedition case“That they are accused of sedition and other criminal complaints is for me beyond belief.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 20, 2019 09:56 UTC