PHILIPPINES
Malaya Business Insight
Published on Friday, 28 September 2012
Written by ROMEO Y. LIM
‘The double scandal case of Msgr. Cristobal Garcia not only disgusts but repels me. This man has not only sinned against but betrayed the trust of his spiritual flock.’
AS I have often stated in many columns, I am not a religious man. I am, however, spiritual.
I have faced the barrel of a gun many times in my past and pulled the trigger on enemies of the state many times. In fact, I shot dead a thief when I was only 13 years old.
But whether spiritual or religious, it has always been ingrained in my head ever since I could understand right and wrong that priests and nuns were the epitome of virtue and sanctity.
In my youth, I was often awed by priests and nuns because every one from my parents to my older siblings turned meek and very respectful no matter what mood they were in when they were met by the parish priest.
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