Filipino Jesuit And Filipino Politics

FR. INTENGAN’S LEGACY

By Erick San Juan

An excerpt.

What could be a better way than to leave a legacy and a valid reason for some catholic priests, mostly Jesuits and a handful of Jesuit-trained laity, in the guise of upholding moral theology, to be so obsessed about driving a wedge between the government and the governed? This highly intriguing question could not simply escape the minds of most concerned Filipino patriots, owing to Jesuit Fr. Romeo “Archie” Intengan’s utterances and actuations that, in more ways than one, makes the Philippine government appear like it is a mere appendage of the Roman Catholic Church. With what we see, we now find credence on some observations that Fr. Intengan may have been betraying his priestly vows to serve God above all; and be and remain as an instrument of peace. Certainly, spousal of a formula of enforced disappearances and extra judicial killings of legitimate dissenters and non-combatants are not, and never shall they ever be the moral and ethical justification of his bid for a life of bliss, because they perpetrate nothing other than a never-ending armed conflict. If this remains unchecked, Intengan could be the most sinister and most treacherous of all “wolves in sheep’s vest.” He may be abusing the trust and confidence which Filipinos traditionally accord to the clergy.

Link (here) to the full post entitled Fr. Intengan’s Legacy at the blog Erick San Juan