Catholic priest approached me for Lascañas confession - Trillanes

MANILA - Senator Antonio Trillanes IV uncovered on Tuesday that a Catholic priest approached him to facilitate the presentation of retired SPO3 Arthur Lascañas to general society.

Trillanes said he at first needed to meet Lascañas "To check whether he would be truly admitting freely" on the grounds that they had an altercation amid the September hearing at the Senate.

Lascañas asserted on Monday that the Davao Death Squad killed individuals on requests of then-Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, a pivot from his announcement in a prior Senate hearing that the group was just a result of media buildup.

Lascañas probably "Drew near to a few individuals from the Church," and needed to compensate for the greater part of the transgressions he submitted while he was a part of the vigilante group.

Trillanes said Lascañas asked of them nothing else except for security for his family, and they offered that "On an, extremely constrained scale." "Before anyone would imply that he was inspired by cash, simply recollect that this man is taking a chance with his life. What is the cost of a man's life? I don't think you can put a sticker price on that," he said.

Trillanes said the Senate ought to give "Some similarity of security if not protective authority" to Lascañas when he shows up at a Senate inquiry.

The representative had asked the Committee on Public Order, led by Senator Panfilo Lacson, to explore Lascañas' confession. - FNW