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Probably the most hated parish priest of Malolos, Fr. Moises Santos OSA earned the ire of Malolenos during his time in the parish from 1895 up to his murder in 1898. His tenure at Malolos was marked by conflicts with the native leaders, his actions towards them were punitive, and as he sowed hatred he reaped a violent and untimely death in the hands of assassins whom authorities would point their suspicion towards the revolutionary leader Isidoro Torres. | Probably the most hated parish priest of Malolos, Fr. Moises Santos OSA earned the ire of Malolenos during his time in the parish from 1895 up to his murder in 1898. His tenure at Malolos was marked by conflicts with the native leaders, his actions towards them were punitive, and as he sowed hatred he reaped a violent and untimely death in the hands of assassins whom authorities would point their suspicion towards the revolutionary leader Isidoro Torres. | ||
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<small>''On the evening of March 31 last, at a time when Father Moisés, confident and defenseless, headed towards the Barasoain railway station to bid farewell to other priests who were trying to see him off, as he had been appointed to a position in Manila, three heartless individuals encountered him in a wooded area of the road and inflicted eight tremendous stab wounds on him. He succumbed to his injuries an hour later. As for the assassins, they remain a mystery until now. What is not a mystery to anyone is that when immediately sought in Malolos and Barasoain, Torres and the deportees, it happened that none of them were found in the town.''</small> | <small>''On the evening of March 31 last, at a time when Father Moisés, confident and defenseless, headed towards the Barasoain railway station to bid farewell to other priests who were trying to see him off, as he had been appointed to a position in Manila, three heartless individuals encountered him in a wooded area of the road and inflicted eight tremendous stab wounds on him. He succumbed to his injuries an hour later. As for the assassins, they remain a mystery until now. What is not a mystery to anyone is that when immediately sought in Malolos and Barasoain, Torres and the deportees, it happened that none of them were found in the town.''</small> | ||
The suspicion was against Torres. In an article from the Spanish Revistas Filipinas (1898), General Isidoro Torres was referred to as the one responsible for the death of Father Moises. The report stated that "...Isidoro Torres, the alleged murderer of the priest of Malolos, Guiguinto, Agoo and of Santa Isabel, and now commander of the militias with several hundred rifles at his disposal..." <ref>Espanol, J. (1898, June 27). Revistas Filipinas, p. 7. Espana.</ref> | The suspicion was against Torres. In an article from the Spanish Revistas Filipinas (1898), General Isidoro Torres was referred to as the one responsible for the death of Father Moises. The report stated that "...Isidoro Torres, the alleged murderer of the priest of Malolos, Guiguinto, Agoo and of Santa Isabel, and now commander of the militias with several hundred rifles at his disposal..." <ref>Espanol, J. (1898, June 27). Revistas Filipinas, p. 7. Espana.</ref> | ||