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Kinundina ng Diocese of Malaybalay ang karahasang sinapit ni Rev. Fr. Rene B. Regalado na nasawi matapos pagbabarilin ng hindi pa nakikilalang salarin ang kanyang sasakyan noong ika-24 ng Enero.
Kaisa ng naiwang mga kaanak ni Fr. Regalado ay nananawagan ng masusing imbestigasyon ang diyosesis upang mabigyang katarungan ang karumal-dumal na pagkamatay ng Pari.
Ayon sa tagapagsalita ng diyosesis na si Rev. Fr. Virgilio H. Delfin, ganap na alas-syete y medya ng gabi noong Linggo, ika-24 ng Enero ng may marinig na mga putok ng baril ang mga Pari sa Malaybalay Carmel Monastery sa Pal-ing, Patpat, Malaybalay City na agad na itinawag sa mga pulis upang maimbestigahan.
Pasado alas-otso y medya ng dumating ang mga pulis sa lugar at makita ang pinangyarihan ng krimen.
Dumating naman ang Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) pasado alas-dose ng madaling araw habang ala-una-dyes ng umaga ng nadala ang katawan ng Pari sa punenarya kung saan isasagawa ang autopsy ng SOCO Regional Office.
Dinala naman sa Philippine National Police Headquarters sa Malaybalay City ang sasakyan ni Fr. Regalado upang makapagsagawa ng mas masusing imbestigasyon.
Pagbabahagi ni Fr. Delfin, nasasaad sa inisyal na imbestigasyon na ala-una ng hapon ng umalis ng seminaryo si Fr. Regalado at pabalik na sana sa St. John XXIII College Seminary kung saan siya nanunuluyan ng maganap ang insidente.
Si Fr. Rene Regalado ay nagtapos ng theological studies sa St. John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary sa Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City; nagtapos ng seminary formation sa St. John XXIII Pre-College at College Seminaries sa Malaybalay City.
Naordinahan itong Pari noong October 18, 2007 sa ilalim ni Malaybalay Bishop Emeritus Honesto Pacana, SJ.
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DIOCESE OF MALAYBALAY –
OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF OUR BROTHER, REV. FR. RENE B. REGALADO
The Diocese of Malaybalay with its Clergy, Consecrated Persons and Lay Faithful especially the Regalado Family in San Jose Parish, Sinayawan, Valencia City are deeply wounded and saddened with the news of the untimely passing to eternal life of one its clergy, REV. FR. RENE B. REGALADO.
We express our deepest sympathy to his immediate family and supplicate to the Lord of Life that justice will be served to the perpetrators of this heinous crime without compromising the Lord’s gift of mercy. Initial information gathered revealed that at around 7:30 in the evening of January 24, 2021, gunshots were heard at the road near the Malaybalay Carmel Monastery in Pal-ing, Patpat, Malaybalay City which prompted the priest at the Monastery to call for police assistance to verify what had happened. Fr. Regalado’s car indicated that he was going back to the St. John XXIII College Seminary where he was staying.
He was in the city in the afternoon, meeting someone whom he did not indicate when he informed his companions at the seminary before he left at around one o’clock in the afternoon. Between 8:30 – 9:00 in the evening, the 1st responders from the Malaybalay City Police Force arrived at the scene and conducted an initial investigation.
At around 12:00 midnight, the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) arrived. At around 1:10 in the morning of January 25, 2021, the body of Fr. Regalado was picked up by Villanueva Funeral Homes for attention to avoid decomposition and to be ready for the needed autopsy. The SOCO Regional Office will conduct the autopsy today. Meanwhile, the car that was used by Fr. Regalado was brought to the Philippine National Police Headquarters in Malaybalay City for further investigation, gathering and securing of evidence.
The official investigation to the case is on-going. We are waiting for further official findings and details. After the needed autopsy, Fr. Regalado will be laid at the San Isidro Labrador Cathedral, Malaybalay City for the wake before he will be buried at the Malaybalay Catholic Cemetery on the date to be decided both by the Diocese of Malaybalay and his immediate family. For those who want to visit him and his family at the Cathedral as soon as the wake is ready, we request that the pandemic protocols be strictly observed.
Fr. Rene Regalado was ordained to the Priesthood on October 18, 2007 with the laying on of hands of the Most Rev. Honesto Ch. Pacana, S.J, D.D., now our bishop emeritus. He finished his baccalaureate degree in Theology at San Isidro College and his pre-college and college seminary formation at St. John XXIII Pre-College and College Seminaries in Malaybalay City. He finished his theological studies at the St. John Mary Vianney Theological Seminary in Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City.
We request everyone to offer prayers for the repose of the soul of Fr. Rene B. Regalado, for the consolation of his immediate family and the Clergy, for the immediate results of the investigation and that justice will be served to whom it is due. We put our full trust on the Divine Mercy, the loving intercessions of Our Lady of Mercy and that of our patron, San Isidro Labrador. May the soul of Fr. Rene rest in peace and that God’s peace will continue to be with us.
Prepared by: (SGD.) REV. FR. VIRGILIO H. DELFIN Official Spokesperson
January 25, 2021, Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul
Approved by:
(SGD.) REV. MSGR. NOEL P. PEDREGOSA, STL Diocesan Administrator
