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Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest gunned down in a kidnapping attempt in the southern Philippines
by Santosh Digal
Fr Reynado Jesus Roda, 54, pastor of the church of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Tabawan (Mindanao), was shot in the head while resisting his kidnappers. Years ago, in the same region, the bishop of Jolo - also an Oblate of Mary Immaculate - was slaughtered.
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Tabawan, an island town off Tawi-Tawi, is a Muslim dominated area in the Mindanao, southern Philippines.

Archbishop Orlando Quevedo, OMI, told AsiaNews that the slain Filipino priest was Fr. Reynaldo Jesus Roda, OMI, 54 years of age. Fr Roda was assigned as parish priest of the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Tabawan, in the Apostolic Vicariate of Jolo.

"It's very sad news for us, the Oblates and the Catholic Church," Archbishop Quevedo said.
Fr Roda was praying in a chapel in the village of Likud Tabawan at about 8:30 p.m. (local time), when a group of gunmen (about ten) tried to kidnap him. He resisted and was grabbed and then shot several times, according to Fr. Loreto Daquipel, OMI, the victim's associate in Tawi-Tawi.

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Domingo said Roda was beloved among the local people.

"His death was unthinkable. He helped a lot of people there, he had many scholars, mostly Muslims. He was very vocal about peace and development issues in the area, but he did not have enemies," said Domingo.

"It was a quiet night when the kidnappers arrived. This is a very sad story for us missionaries who serve our people regardless of faith and culture," Daquipel said, recalling what happened to Bishop Benjamin de Jesus in Jolo a few years back.

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This is a grave injustice in a continuing pattern of error and violence in that region. I ask that Muslim Imams, scholars and clerics condemn this killing and the violence against Christian clergy. I ask for a severe pointing out of their error and chastisement from Islamic leaders who can reach these people.