CEBU CITY — After months of negotiations and a looming threat of legal action, the 'stolen' pulpit panels from the Patrocinio de Maria Santisima Church in Boljoon are finally set to return home.
The Cebu Provincial Capitol confirmed that the sacred artifacts will be returned in the coming months. The announcement was made late Thursday night via a post on Sugbo News, the official social media arm of the capitol.
‘PANELS’ TALK Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia (left) and Church representatives Fr. Brian Brigoli (second from left), chairman of the Cebu Archdiocesan Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, and Msgr. Renato Beltran, chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cebu, discuss the developments in their efforts to recover the ‘stolen’ panels of Boljoon Church. PHOTO BY KAISER JAN FUENTES