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It was 28 years ago today that Fr. Rudy Romano, a Redemptorist missionary priest, was kidnapped by armed men in barangay Labangon, Cebu City.
The Redemptorist missionary priest was popular for protecting the poor and leading the campaign against human rights abuses during the reign of former president Ferdinand Marcos.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma urged parishes to remember Romano's disapperance today.
At the time of his abduction, Romano was a known leader of the anti-Marcos protest movement in Cebu.
He was the vice-president for the Visayas of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan).
The Cebu City government installed a marker in barangay Labangon where Romano was abducted by armed men of the deposed Marcos regime.
The Cebu provincial government also passed a resolution “adopting Fr. Romano as a son of the province of Cebu” since the priest promoted human rights and rendered concrete assistance and social service to less-privileged Cebuanos.
Romano, a native of Samar, also made Cebu a bastion of the people's successful fight for freedom and justice during the dark years of Marcos' dictatorship.