Bishops condemn 3 Pinays’ murder in Cyprus

“It is brutal, tragic and inhuman act that deserves condemnation and prosecution,” CBCP-ECMI chairman Bishop Ruperto Santos said in text message. (File Photo By CreakingCondor/Wikimedia commons, CC0)

MANILA — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People (CBCP-ECMI) on Saturday condemned the killings of three Filipino women in Cyprus.

“It is brutal, tragic and inhuman act that deserves condemnation and prosecution,” CBCP-ECMI chairman Bishop Ruperto Santos said in text message.

Reports identified the victims as Mary Rose Tiburcio, 38; Arian Palanas Lozano, 28; and Maricar Valtez Arquiola, 31.

Their bodies were supposedly found in an abandoned mineshaft in Cyprus.

The Bataan prelate also called for an investigation on the killings allegedly perpetrated by a Cypriot Army captain.

“Our pray and hope that no more life will be lost, wasted because of that horrible and senseless killings; and (the) perpetrator would be arrested, and criminally punished,” he said.

Santos also urged host countries to give protection to migrants in their territories.

“All government authorities will exhaust all necessary means to protect vulnerable migrants and to place behind bars all those who bring destruction and death to others, especially to helpless and innocent migrants,” Santos added.

He noted that they will be offering prayers for the eternal rest and that divine justice to be granted to the victims.