However within only five months of his assuming office, he protested vehemently, in a sermon in the cathedral, against the brutalities of the Kraras massacre (1983) and condemned the many Indonesian arrests.
Namun dalam waktu lima bulan sejak dia menjabat posisinya dia memprotes keras, dalam khotbahnya di Katedral, terhadap kebrutalan pembantaian Kraras (1983) dan mengutuk penahanan banyak orang oleh pemerintah Indonesia.