4 February 2022 08:57 am Views - 454
Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is to boycott Independence Day celebrations today as a protest against the shortcomings in the investigations carried out on the Borella Church hand grenade case and the Easter Sunday bomb attack, member of Colombo Archdiocese communication unit Fr Cyril Gamini Fernando told journalists yesterday.
Fr. Fernando said the Cardinal has decided to cancel the religious service he usually holds on Independence Day on the national level. However, he said services will be held in churches on a lower key.
“We are disturbed as to why the caretaker of the church is being continuously detained despite proof that he has nothing to do with the All Saint’s Church grenade issue. “CCTV footage have made it clear that this person has nothing to do with the grenade episode. We are indeed hurt because an innocent person is detained. All the other suspects except for the caretaker of the church was released recently,” Fr. Fernando said.