To the readers of the Biliranisland.com Blog:

It is good to see the support of the people of the Diocese of Naval for their Church. May God continue to Bless them with His heavenly grace.

Bishop Filomeno Bactol needs to make formal the denunciation of the charges that Brother Stephen M. Greinke, MBPH has placed:: If the sworn statement that Brother Stephen submitted to the Holy See (Vatican) is false, Bishop Bactol must refute these charges and formally charge Brother Stephen with making false statements under the code of canon law of the Catholic Church. Otherwise without a formal censure, from the Church for making false statements, the Church has given it consent to the authenticity of the charges he has submitted.

Further more; the “mother congregation’ ( Redemptorists) from the General Government in Rome or the Provincial Government in the USA have never commented on the mental health of Brother Stephen or other related issues regarding Brother. Therefore the information of Bishop Bactol has given to the media is without merit.

As to this statement from the Clergy of the Diocese of Naval:

“While in the United States, Greinke wrote letters accusing the Bishop and the clergy of wrongdoings, maligning their good names. One such letter was addressed to late Holy Father John Paul 11. Because of this, a Visitation and Investigation was made on the Clergy and the Bishop of Naval by the Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D., the bishop of Calbayog. Then, the Metropolitan Archbishop of Palo, Most Rev, Pedro R an, Jr., D.D., also conducted his own investigation (the Bishop of Naval being his sufragan) and refuted point for point the accusations hurled by Greinke against the bishop and the Clergy of Naval.”

If these two Bishops are going to conduct an investigation - would you not first make contact with the person(s) who made the charges and get detailed information on the charges. (evidences, sworn statements etc…) There has been no contact with MBPH Brothers or Brother Stephen of any kind contact during their so-called investigations made by these two Bishops!

Again we await to hear if Bishop Bactol makes a formal censure of Brother Stephen Greinke!