Daijiworld Media Network - Kolkata

Kolkata, Mar 10: Fr Rodney Borneo formally joined BJP on Tuesday, March 9 as he quit as a priest of the church. Borneo who is the principal of Loyola High School was inducted into the party in the presence of BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy, state party secretary Sabyasachi Dutta and party spokesperson Shamik Bhattacharya at its Hastings office.

“I have served the church and the people through the church for 22 years. Now I will serve people outside the umbrella of the church,” Borneo was quoted in a report by TOI.

Borneo trained as a priest from 1999 to 2009. He became a priest in 2009. He served as the principal of Loyola High School for the past five years and resigned from his position a couple of days ago, explaining his constraints to Archbishop Thomas D’Souza.

Archbishop D'Souza, head of the Catholic church in the archdiocese of Kolkata, described the development as 'sad'. Meanwhile, other priests described it as 'unprecedented' and 'shocking'.