Quiapo Church Murder
In December 13, 1975 Bishop Hernando Antiporda was murdered along with his assistant parish priest, Rev. Fr. Raymundo Costales. The culprits strangled the bishop with a cord and stabbed his assistant on the neck with a broken bottle. Many suspect that robbery was the motive of the crime.
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