Baguio court convicts Catholic priest of rape

BAGUIO CITY — A Catholic priest, who had managed a popular church-run radio station in the summer capital, was convicted of raping one of the church’s teen scholars in 2023. In promulgation proceedings on Thursday, Baguio City’s Regional Trial Court Judge Modesto Bahul of Branch 2-FC (Family Court) sentenced Fr. Mark Elis Batolne to life