THE St. Theresia shelter in Jalan Kartini III, Batam, Riau Islands, was surprisingly closed. Usually, although the building is surrounded by a green metal fence, the door to the shelter was always open, never locked. That Wednesday, March 22, a padlock denied access through the main entrance. The shelter looked empty, as if abandoned.

A man wearing the clerical collar broke the silence. He is Chrisanctus Paschalis Saturnus, pastor and caretaker o