ISIS reportedly crucify captured Catholic priest Thomas Uzhunnalil on Good Friday

Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, 56, was seized by Isis-linked terrorists during a raid on an old folks' home in Aden, southe Yemen, three weeks ago in which they killed 15 people.

Yesterday the Archbishop of Vienna Christoph Cardinal Schonbo told his congregation the priest had been crucified.

His spokesman said he had leaed the news from Arabic language websites.

 

South African nuns called the Franciscan Sisters of Siessen were one of several groups who claimed they had been told Father Tom would be crucified tomorrow

Yemeni authorities blamed ISIS for the attack on the refuge for the elderly operated by Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity.

Four gunmen posing as relatives of one of the guests burst in killing four Indian nuns, two Yemeni female staff members, eight residents and a guard.

Father Tom, from Bangalore, India, was captured at gunpoint.

CONDEMNED: Pope Francis has condemned the act

Members of his order said they had \"absolutely no information on his health or whereabouts\".

The Vatican's secretary of state Pietro Parolin said earlier this month Pope Francis \"was shocked and profoundly saddened\" to lea of \"this act of senseless and diabolical violence\".