[7] In a pastoral letter, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Pakistan strongly condemned the act of terrorism in Bahawalpur during the Sunday service.
[8] Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf also condemned the killings and urged police to trace the culprits and make arrests.
[10] Church leaders at St. Dominic parish have demanded that police arrest two men reportedly involved in a series of sexual assaults on poor women in the community.
Dominican Fathers Rocus Patras and Rehmat Raja and Church social worker Samuel Masih made the demand and spoke about the case during a press conference on September 25, 2003.
[clarification needed][11] In December 2016, the Police Counter-Terrorism Department foiled yet another attempted attack on a St. Dominic's Church and arrested three terrorists.