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.
Imidlertid protesterede han voldsomt, blot fem måneder efter udnævnelsen, ved en gudstjeneste i katedralen over den brutale Kraras-massakre i 1983 og fordømte de mange arrestationer foretaget af indoneserne.