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Duterte once ordered a priest killed, Lascañas claims

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1456151" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the killing of a priest when he was still a mayor of Davao City, retired policeman and supposed Davao Death Squad team leader Arturo Lascañas claimed.</p><p>In an interview with ANC&#x27;s Headstart, Lascañas cited Duterte&#x27;s order through Sonny Buenaventura to kill a &quot;Father Lamata&quot; when asked if Duterte had ordered someone killed even if the target was not a criminal.</p><p>&quot;Si Fr. Lamata. Actually, hindi siya (Duterte) personal na nag-utos sa akin, through Sonny Buenaventura kasi si Fr. Lamata kasi before the 2010 elections nag-critique daw sa kaniya sabi ni Sonny,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;That was my interpretation kasi si Sonny ano namang ano niya sa pari, kasi si Sonny naman halos ang nag-ga-order sa amin,&quot; he said.</p><p>But he said the killing did not push through.</p><p>&quot;Hindi natuloy kasi nag-rason ako saka yung kasama kong si SPO1 Jim Tan na mahirap ito dahil malakas ang habol nito kasi pari ito,&quot; he said.</p><p>Although Lascañas did not give any name, Duterte had a run-in with Fr. Pete Lamata of Davao City several years back.</p><p>An article from local edition of the news outfit Sun Star in Davao indicated that Duterte revealed in his television show that Lamata had actually been married.</p><p>Apart from this, the parish priest had reportedly been criticizing Duterte in front of his constituents.</p><p>The two reportedly made peace before the 2016 elections.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/03/09/lamata-duterte.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc"><cite>Photo from Cong. Karlo Nograles&#x27; Facebook page.</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>On Wednesday, Duterte said he has largely chosen to “shut up” instead of repeatedly addressing repeated allegations against him.</p><p>“I’m facing so many allegations, some are invented but some are true. Walang problema iyan (That&#x27;s not a problem). I admit many died along the way for the 23 years akong mayor, but never was a time I executed a person kneeling down or with his hands pleading,” he said in a speech in Pasay City.</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the killing of a priest when he was still a mayor of Davao City, retired policeman and supposed Davao Death Squad team leader Arturo Lascanas claimed.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the killing of a priest when he was still a mayor of Davao City, retired policeman and supposed Davao Death Squad team leader Arturo Lascanas claimed.