The controversial former Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) Minister Lowell Menorca II and his family are now missing as revealed by his legal counsel before the Court of Appeals. The former INC minister was supposed to appear before the Court of Appeals for the continuation of his cross examination.
The counsel of Menorc filed a writ of Amparo together with Menorca’s brother Anthony and sister-in-law Jungko. The respondents of the case are INC Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo and members of the sect’s Sanggunian, Radel Cortez, Bienvenido Santiago, and Rolando Esguerra.
The petition was filed last Oct. 15, 2015 after Menorca and his family were taken by alleged INC members after he was being suspected to be Anthony Ebanghelista, the blogger writing against INC.
According to Atty. Trixie Angeles in a press conference, last Sunday evening the last communication between she had with Menorca was at 8:00 PM on Sunday. The lawyer stated that the INC minister called her from the airport.
The lawyer of Menorca also revealed that the former INC minister received death threat, the said threat was sent using Menorca’s family photo with a March 7 date, face of his daughter marked with an “X”. It was placed on the windshield of his vehicle.