Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the archbishop of Manila, has reportedly sent a message to President Rodrigo Duterte that members of the clergy had received death threats from someone working for the Duterte family. The President has denied having a hand in some groups allegedly out to harm members of the Catholic clergy. I was informed by Bishop David that some priests got death threats from someone claiming to be working for the President’s family. Just to let you know that there are persons using the name of the President and his family to threaten. Jerome Secillano, executive secretary of the public affairs committee of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, said there was a need to determine if indeed there were groups out to harm members of the clergy.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 25, 2019 23:15 UTC