The social action wing of the Goa archdiocese says anonymous anti-Church video clips circulating on social media are attempts to divert public attention from government’s wrong policies. Earlier on April 25, 2018, a political party in India complained to police about the video that it alleged showed the Church in a poor light. The party alleged the video was created to attack the Church in Goa. The video alleged that the Church opposes all developmental projects in Goa which is now ruled by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party. It also accused Archbishop Filipe Neri of Goa and Daman of selling 45 acres of Vanxim island for “a petty” 5.5 million rupees.
As reported by mattersindia.com, a press note from the Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) read, “The video clips are devious and feeble attempts by vested interests to target the Church in order to deviate public attention from pressing and contentious issues and policies which have unified people across Goa in expressing their legitimate concerns.”
The council also noted that the videos were released just ahead of a public meeting in Margao on April 27 to confuse and mislead people, cast aspersions on the Church and its policies, resort to allegations and to take instances and events out of context.
Source: www.mattersindia.com
