It appears the Catholic Church may be preparing to beatify a torturer

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Torture claims mar beatification of martyr


By Jerome Aning
Inquirer
Last updated 01:38am (Mla time) 10/21/2007


MANILA, Philippines -- The scheduled beatification of a Spanish Augustinian friar who died as a martyr during the Spanish Civil War has stirred a minor controversy due to allegations of torture when he was a young missionary in the Philippines.

Fr. Gabino Olaso Zabala OSA, who will be proclaimed a Catholic martyr by Pope Benedict XVI on Oct. 28 for having died “in odium fidei” (a Latin phrase meaning “in hatred of the faith,” turned out to have been guilty of torture during a much earlier period in his life.

Zabala was one of the 98 Augustinian priests and seminarians executed by Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Fr. Mariano Dacanay, a Filipino priest from Aringay, La Union, who was imprisoned by Spanish authorities in Vigan in September 1896 shortly after the outbreak of the Philippine Revolution, said Zabala was among those who tortured him.

Dacanay, four other priests and five seminarians were accused of being part of a “Tagalog conspiracy” to bring the revolution to the Ilocos and assassinate leading Spanish government officials and clergy.

[NorthernSpy]

1. the only good fascist is a dead fascist

Disgusting that anyone even wants to dig this one up and moon over his bones. Let the little fucker rot.

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2. Imaginationary honors for some dead guy, who cares

How about real outrages like how Henry Kissinger who is still alive having a Nobel Peace Prize?