LUCENA CITY — Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera and other priests in the Archdiocese of Lipa, Batangas have tested positive for COVID-19, CBCP News, the official news service of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported Sunday, March 21.
“Archbishop Gilbert Garcera of Lipa was infected with Covid-19, making him the tenth Filipino prelate to contract the disease,” according to information released by CBCP News on its website Sunday afternoon.
The CBCP, citing Garcera, said that aside from the archbishop, some of his priests also tested positive after undergoing swab tests.
The report did not reveal how many more priests from the archdiocese …
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