They are killing us and our country has become a killing field. They are killing God again as they did [on] Calvary,” said Villegas and 11 other priests, including Bishop-elect Jose Elmer Mangalinao of Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya. They are happy to kill,” the pastoral letter said in apparent reference also to killings in the war on drugs. Addressing the flock, the pastoral letter said: “We are not afraid. There is a worse place for those who kill priests,” it added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 12, 2018 23:15 UTC