Foreign priests denied rights compensation

By: Carla P. Gomez - Correspondent / @carlagomezINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:20 AM May 11, 2018
BACOLOD CITY — Two priests, an Australian and an Irish, who were detained on trumped up charges for the murder of a town mayor in Negros Occidental province in the waning years of the Marcos dictatorship, have been denied reparation and recognition by the Human Right Victims and Claims Board (HRVCB) for being foreigners.

Fr. Brian Gore (left) and Fr. Niall O’Brien
Fr. Brian Gore, an Australian, and the heirs of Fr. Niall O’Brien of Ireland were denied their claims under Republic Act (RA) No. 10368 (Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act), an act that provided monetary reparation and recognition of victims of human rights violations during the administration of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos, the HRVCB First Division ruled.














Father Brian Gore was sent to the Philippines after his in ordination in 1969. He arrived on the sugar-rich island of Negros where he worked among the poor until his arrest in 1982...

