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Southeast Asia
Priest to return home from Philippines three years after kidnap
2012-07-19
Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott is returning back to his country -- 58 years after arriving in the southern Philippines where he was kidnapped in 2009 by Muslim terrorists militants and freed after a ransom was paid. Sinnott is flying Friday to Ireland where he is to retire.

On Tuesday, Filipino priests and friends held a going-away party for Sinnott at the historic Malate Church. The missionary said it was difficult for him to decide whether to return home or stay in the Philippines.

He said, "It really was a very difficult decision to make. I realized that I'm going home and not going back but I still think I made the right decision that there is really nothing more I can do here in Manila that there's more I can do at home. I will live a big part of my heart here in the Philippines and I will always remember the people that I met and helped me."

Sinnott was kidnapped by terrorists rebels in October 2009 from his missionary quarters in Pagadian City and freed a month later in Zamboanga City after government negotiators allegedly paid huge ransom for his freedom.
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