Hazing victim’s mother relives son’s death in visit to Guillo Servando

By: Jersy John Hortaleza - 10 years ago

Video by INQUIRER.net’s Ryan Leagogo

MANILA, Philippines – Calling for the closure of fraternities, the mother of hazing victim Lenny Villa visited the wake Guillo Cesar Servando Wednesday, hours before he is to be cremated.

Classmates of 18 year old hazing victim Guillo Cesar Servando during wake at the National Shrine of the Divine Child in Dela Salle Green Hills Campus, Mandaluyong. Servando is a sophomore student Guillo Cesar Servando, a sophomore student taking up Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management in Dela Salle St. Benilde. RICHARD A. REYES/INQUIRER

“Fraternities must be closed. It must not be tolerated by the elders and previous members of the fraternities,” said Gerarda Villa in an interview outside La Salle Greenhills in San Juan City where Servando’s body lay in state.

There will be a final mass for Servando who died Saturday after sustaining multiple injuries from the initiation rites of Tau Gamma Phi. Cremation is set at 2 p.m.

Villa founded Crusad Against Violence together with other parents who had lost their children in violent crimes after her son Lenny was beaten to death also in a fraternity hazing incident more than 20 years ago.