Kidnapped Priest May Be Crucified On Good Friday

Reports shared on social media suggest the kidnapped priest Tom Uzhunnalil faces being brutally tortured this Friday as Christians mark the day Jesus died.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil was seized when four armed militants stormed an old people's home in Aden in Yemen on March 4 2016.

The gunmen killed sixteen people, including four nuns in the brutal attack.

Fears are growing for a priest believed to have been kidnapped by ISIS as sickening reports suggest he may be crucified on Good Friday.

No group has come forward to claim responsibility for the kidnap of the priest, who was a member of the Silesian order in of Bangalore, India, but a survivor said ISIS was to blame.

The Franciscan Sisters of Siessen based in South Africa, posted on Facebook: "Was informed that the Salesian priest, Fr.Tom who was kidnapped by ISIS from the Missionaries of Charity Home in Yemen is being tortured and is going to be crucified on Good Friday.

"This calls for serious concerted prayers from all of us."