ISIS reportedly crucify captured Catholic priest on Good Friday

Yesterday the Archbishop of Vienna Christoph Cardinal Schonborn told his congregation the priest had been crucified.

His spokesman said he had learned the news from Arabic language websites.

Yemeni authorities blamed ISIS for the attack on the refuge for the elderly operated by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.

Four gunmen posing as relatives of one of the guests burst in killing four Indian nuns, two Yemeni female staff members, eight residents and a guard.

Father Tom, from Bangalore, India, was captured at gunpoint.

Members of his order said they had "absolutely no information on his health or whereabouts".

The Vatican's secretary of state Pietro Parolin said earlier this month Pope Francis "was shocked and profoundly saddened" to learn of "this act of senseless and diabolical violence".

(dailystar.co.uk)