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Sat 10 Oct 2009'No evidence' to suggest abducted priest is dead
THERE IS NO evidence to suggest that abducted missionary Fr Mick Sinnott is dead, officials from his religious order said yesterday, and everyone in the region was still praying for his safe release. Philippine authorities have issued a reward for information.
Rumours and misinformation in a wildly diverse and often terribly poor region are a major obstacle in efforts to local Fr Sinnott, who was kidnapped by six armed gunmen at his Missionary Society of Saint Columban compound in the southern city of Pagadian, on Mindanao island, on October 11st.
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