Posted on 10/18/2009 5:00:06 AM PDT by Amerisrael
[most likely MILF, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, or Abu Sayaff] From ABS-CBN:
Philippine authorities and church officials on Sunday launched fresh appeals for the safety of an elderly Irish priest they fear may be in dire need of medical attention eight days after he was abducted by unknown gunmen.
Thousands of flyers were being handed out in coastal communities on the troubled southern island of Mindanao seeking help to get medicines delivered to Father Michael Sinnott, 79.
Flyers being distributed in Mindanao
"We appeal to your kind heart that the medicines will be delivered to Father Sinnott who currently has a serious heart ailment," read one flyer released by the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur. It also listed emergency contact numbers.
No group has claimed responsibility for the October 11 abduction of the Roman Catholic missionary and his superiors had had no contact with his abductors, said Patrick O'Donoghue, country head of the Irishman's religious order, the Missionary Society of Saint Columban.
The military said a local pirate had taken him by boat to the Lanao coast east of Pagadian city, and may have turned him over to a local leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a Muslim separatist rebel group.
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