This video grab taken somewhere in Lanao province on October 24, 2009 and released October 31 shows kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott. Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million USD must be paid for his release. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

This video grab taken somewhere in Lanao province on October 24, 2009 and released October 31 shows kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott. Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million USD must be paid for his release.

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  1. Released Irish priest Michael Sinnott speaks during a press conference at a military airbase in Zamboanga City on November 12, 2009, hours after he was freed. Muslim rebels handed elderly Irish priest Michael Sinnott over to Philippine authorities in good health on November 12, just over a month after he was abducted, authorities said.
  2. Released Irish priest Michael Sinnott (C) is escorted prior to boarding a plane bound for Manila at a military airbase in Zamboanga City on November 12, 2009, hours after he was freed by his kidnappers. Muslim rebels handed elderly Irish priest Michael Sinnott over to Philippine authorities in good health on November 12, just over a month after he was abducted, authorities said.
  3. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno (R) gestures during a press briefing with him Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Verzosa (L) in Quezon City suburban Manila on November 3, 2009, as he tells reporters that police have intelligence information that a group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is holding kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott, 79, in the southern Philippines despite their denials that they are involved. The allegations have affected efforts to re-open peace talks between the government and the MILF.
  4. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno (C) gestures during a press briefing with Philippine National Police Chief Jesus Verzosa (L) and Interior Undersecretary Marius Corpus (R) in Quezon City suburban Manila on November 3, 2009, as he tells reporters that police have intelligence information that a group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is holding kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott, 79, in the southern Philippines despite their denials that they are involved. The allegations have affected efforts to re-open peace talks between the government and the MILF.
  5. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno gestures during a press briefing in Quezon City suburban Manila on November 3, 2009, as he tells reporters that police have intelligence information that a group from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is holding kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott, 79, in the southern Philippines despite their denials that they are involved. The allegations have affected efforts to re-open peace talks between the government and the MILF.
  6. This file photo shows a video grab taken somewhere in Lanao province on October 24, 2009 and released October 31, 2009 of kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott holding a copy of a local newspaper dated October 22. The Philippines on November 1, 2009 rejected a two million dollar ransom demand by the kidnappers of an elderly Irish Catholic priest in the troubled south but said it would continue efforts to ensure his release.
  7. This video grab taken somewhere in Lanao province on October 24, 2009 and released October 31 shows kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott holding a copy of a local newspaper dated October 22. Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million USD must be paid for his release.
  8. This video grab taken somewhere in Lanao province on October 24, 2009 and released October 31 shows kidnapped Irish priest Father Michael Sinnott. Kidnappers holding an elderly Irish Catholic priest hostage in the southern Philippines have released a video of their captive in which he says two million USD must be paid for his release.

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