IGLESIA Ni Cristo (INC) Minister Edwil Zabala on Thursday held back reporters who were outside the gate of the INC amid reports of an alleged hostage incident inside the INC Central Temple.
Zabala instead referred the reporters to a compact disk (CD) of an earlier press conference announcing the expulsion of INC Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo鈥檚 mother, brother and two relatives.
According to a memorandum, a copy of which was being circulated on social media, INC has ordered expulsion of Cristina 鈥淭enny鈥� Villanueva Manalo, the executive minister鈥檚 mother and the widow of the late Executive Minister Era帽o Manalo, as well as Felix 鈥淎ngel鈥� Nathaniel Villanueva Manalo, Marco Era帽o Villanueva Manalo, and Lolita Manalo Hemedez.
Zabala said he stood聽outside the gate to meet media representatives asking questions about the expulsion and the controversy rocking the large and influential church, but he聽evaded queries and only referred to the CD.
While Zabala was answering questions from media, security personnel asked reporters for their names.聽The security personnel said it was for 鈥渆vents planning.鈥�