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Bishop who triggered People Power dies, 81
Retired Jesuit Bishop Francisco Claver, a vocal defender of civil rights in the Marcos martial law era, succumbed this morning (July 1, 2010) to pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lung. He was 81.
Bishop Claver drafted the 1986 Philippine bishops’ statement that is believed to have triggered People Power that was to unseat Ferdinand Marcos and pave the way for Corazon Aquino’s installation as president.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) described Bishop Claver as “one of the strongest defenders of civil rights among the bishops at the height of strongman Ferdinand E. Marcos’ martial law.”
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