EXPELLED Iglesia ni Cristo (INC or Church of Christ) minister Lowell Menorca 2nd was again a no-show in Monday’s hearing at the Court of Appeals (CA), and his lawyer was not able to give the court a good explanation for his client’s continued absence.

Menorca petitioned the CA last year for issuance of writs of habeas corpus and amparo in his favor, claiming he was illegally detained by the INC on suspicions of posting entries in a blog exposing supposed anomalies in the religious organization.