the goan I networkrCURCHOREM rr“This news (arrest of Francisco Pereira) has come as a big shock to the Curchorem parish,” said Curchorem Parish Priest Fr Vital Miranda, while speaking to The Goan. rFr Miranda, who recently took over as parish priest of Curchorem in June, said he was to have met Pereira and his siblings a few days earlier, as part of his pastoral visits to familiarise himself with his parishioners. r“I was to have visited that family as part of my pastoral visit on July 13, but could not do so on account of heavy rains that day.” rAsked if Pereira was a member of his parish, Fr Miranda said: “Yes, they are parishioners of Curchorem, but while the sister is a devout Catholic, Francisco was not seen in church.” rGoing by his alleged actions and reasons attributed to them, there are suspicions in Curchorem that he may have been part of a religious group.
‘Arrest has shocked Curchorem parish’
The arrest of the prime suspect from Morailem-Curchorem in connection with the desecrations of religious sites in Salcete and Quepem talukas has come as a shock to the parish of Curchorem.
