German priest - Fr. Leo Behneke, SVD was a former missionary from China who came to the Philippines in 1958
and became the director of Binmaley Catholic High School in 1965, which he claimed he ran “single-handedly” for so many years.
That was historically and also literally true. Why? Because Father Leo, fondly called the “single-armed bandit,” had only one arm.
He lost his right arm when he was a seminarian. Jokingly, he would often introduce himself as a priest who had no right.
Photo courtesy of Israel G. Cerezo, Jr.
