Boy, ISIS can sure be wickedly ironic.

Reports were swirling Thursday that a priest now thought to be in the Islamic State’s hands could be crucified on Good Friday.

Good Friday, if you’re not aware, is the holy Christian day that marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ordered over two thousand years ago by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate and the Roman Empire. Many Christian scholars believe the “good” to mean not “fine” or “superior” or “quality” but rather holy or even “God” — as in God Friday.

Crucifixion, if you’re not aware, is surely one of the worst ways a human can die:

Crucifixion is a method of slow and painful execution in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beamand left to hang for several days until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It is principally known from antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries.

Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a member of the Silesian order of Bangalore, India, was reportedly seized during an ISIS raid spearheaded by four militants at senior home in Aden, Yemen at the beginning of March. The attackers brutally murdered 16 people — including four nuns.

While no one has taken credit for the killings or the capture, a survivor named Sister Sally has publicly pointed a finger at ISIS.

“They were killed one by one,” Sally recalls. “They tied them to trees, shot them in the head and smashed their heads.”

This from The Mirror:

Now reports shared on social media suggest the priest faces being brutally tortured this Friday as Christians mark the day Jesus died.

The Franciscan Sisters of Siessen , based in South Africa, posted on Facebook: “Was informed that the Salesian priest, Fr.Tom who was kidnapped by ISIS from the Missionaries of Charity Home in Yemen is being tortured and is going to be crucified on Good Friday.

“This calls for serious concerted prayers from all of us.”

The head of the chapter to which the holy man belonged in India, Father Mathew Valarkot, says they’ve received no new information on Father Tom.

Stay tuned to the blog for more on this developing story.