PADLOCKED CHURCH TO REOPEN JUNE 24

The historical Roman Catholic Church of Oscariz, Ramon, Isabela, padlocked for more than a year, will re-open on June 24 following the installation of Fr. Anton Nyo, a Burmese, as the town's parish priest, replacing Fr. Michael Linga. The latter caused the closing of the village church when he "quarreled" with officers of the Basic Ecclesiastical Community over money matters. He has been reassigned to an obscure village in Lingayen, Pangasinan.

 It was unfortunate for the Bishop of Ilagan, the highly esteemed Most Rev. Bishop Nacua, to have given the imprimatur to the pastoral letter concocted apparently by Fr. Linga and the Dr. Ramon Guiab, president of the Ramon Parish Pastoral Council, giving them power to padlock the church..

Fr. Linga is a shame to the priesthood. His arrogance and dictatorial tendency should be a no-no for a priest like him. He did a lot of damage to the community and the La Salle Fathers. .