ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | May 23, 2021
Patay sa COVID-19 ang dalawang pari mula sa Diocesan Clergy of Cotabato (DCC), ayon sa Archdiocese of Cotabato. Pahayag ni Fr. Charlie Celeste ng DCC, “It pained me to announce that our brother — priest, Fr. Loret Sanoy, diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, has expired at around 8:25 PM, Thursday, to infections by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19; death is due to a suppurative pulmonary infection.”
Ilang oras ang nakalipas matapos ianunsiyo ni Celeste ang naturang balita ay sinundan niya ito ng post na: “It is with sadness that another priest of ours, of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, Fr. Rex Bacero, has succumbed to death at around 1:00 AM, May 22, 2021. He was brought to the hospital due to symptoms of COVID-19 virus.”
Si Sanoy ay 78-anyos at si Bacero naman ay 52. Samantala, ang abo ng mga labi ng dalawang pari ay nasa Immaculate Conception Cathedral mausoleum na, ayon kay Fr. Ben Torreto ng DCC.
Si Sanoy ay naordinahan bilang pari noong April 8, 1983 at na-assign sa iba’t ibang simbahan kabilang na ang Notre Dame Archdiocesan Seminary. Si Bacero naman ay naordinahan bilang pari noong April 25, 1995 at dating superintendent ng Archdiocesan Notre Dame schools.