Duterte reveals ‘priest’s affairs’

The alleged illicit affairs of Cagayan priest Mark Ventura with several women could be the “strongest” possible motive behind his killing, President Duterte said Friday. Speaking in Davao City, the President read a portion of a confidential police report about Ventura’s case that alleged he was a womanizer who fathered a child. “Ang strongest is actually babae [women],” Duterte said “There is a big possibility that the first motive, the love triangle, is the main reason why Fr. Mark Anthony Ventura was liquidated.” Reading the report, the President said the women were “wives and daughters and paramours of bigtime businessmen, politicians, and even members of the — who have the capability to tap service of highly organized men.” (Genalyn D. Kabiling)