The board noted INC's influence over law enforcement authorities and its ability to use police to target the 40-year-old Menorca. The immigration and refugee board's decision highlighted the issue of alleged corruption in Philippine state agencies. The Canadian refugee board said the kidnappers were "motivated by a vendetta" and Menorca "needed protection from a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment and a risk to his life." The pastor's family was only freed after the Philippine Supreme Court ordered the church's leaders to produce his wife, daughter, and a domestic worker. His lawyer, Trixie Cruz-Angeles, said her client was subjected to intense trauma when church members allegedly held him and his family members captive from July 25 to Oct. Donate to UCA News with a small contribution of your choice
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