It was somewhere in the
first week of February 1989 when the Film crew headed by the then top Bollywood
actor Amitabh Bachchan directly
descended on Candolim Church, ”Our Lady
Hope”, Police gheraoed the Church and Amitabh Bachchan hijacked the
sanctuary of the Church.. With the brute
mighty support of the local Police Force, the top actor along with the filming
crew entered the Church and closed all the main Doors of the Church which were strongly guarded by the Policemen from outside
denying entry inside and around to any concerned villager. Still somebody from the village sneaked
inside the Church and tried to ring the main Bell to gather the faithful for
some emergency in the Church. When
Police noticed this, they went to brutally assault him.
When someone else from
the village thru the back door entered the Church, he saw the crew filming the
wedding scene vulgarly and Amitabh Bachchan sitting cross-legged in a vulgar
pose with a cigarette in his mouth while the Confessional was shifted next to
the Tabernacle without any respect for the sanctity of the Church.
When the locals
gathered in big number surprisingly they found both the Pe. Vigar Santimano and
the Pe. Cur Cypriano D’Silva missing from the Church. It was alleged that they have granted the
permission for this filming without proper authorization from the higher
authority for a price. How much? Some
said in thousands while others said in lakhs.
Immediately the next
day this news appeared in the local daily Herald forcing one local Congressman on
behalf of Parish Council to deny many facts of this news which almost everyone
rubbished it as worthless though earlier as per the information the same
Congressman encouraged some locals to make a big noise against this vulgar
filming in the Church. Some villagers
even said that along with both the priests, he was also purchased by the Film
director because as we know very well that the 3 P’s, namely Priests, Police
and Politicians are purchasable commodities.
Today we see many
corrupt politicians who earlier supported corruption when they had power in
their hands are rotting now as worthless pimps because they are now like fish out
of water. While, priests who proved to be
corrupt and traitors like both the then Candolim Church priests should be condemned. This type of priests are worst than Judas who
for the sake of money will do anything.
When the matter of money comes, most of the priests are capable of doing
anything even selling the house of God as it happened below my nose because the
big boss at Altinho is least bothered, what he wants is his regular supply of
money. The greater the supply the
greater the extention of Pe. Vigar’s term in the Church even though that Pe.
Vigar is a nuisance for the faithful as some around my vicinity.
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
