A penitent removes his crown in San Fernando, Pampanga on Maundy Thursday, April 2, 2015. Every year during Holy Week hundreds of penitents perform acts of penance such as self-flagellation, walking barefoot, carrying a cross and self-crucifixion throughout the Philippines, a pre-dominantly Catholic country. (Photo by Mark Cristino/Pacific Press)

A hooded Filipino penitent flagellates during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins on April 3, 2015 in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. The bizarre ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

Hooded Filipino penitents flagellate in front of the wooden crosses during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins on April 3, 2015 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. The bizarre ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

The feet of a Filipino penitent is nailed to a wooden cross during Good Friday rituals on April 3, 2015 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. Several Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death, an annual rite frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

Hooded Filipino penitents hit their back with wooden sticks during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins on April 3, 2015 in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

A woman looks out from the entrance of her family's house as a hooded penitent prays during a Holy Week ritual in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila April 2, 2015. Catholic devotees flock to churches during Holy Week to reflect the suffering of Jesus Christ as a way to renew faith. (Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters)

A man uses a stick to whip a penitent in front of a chapel during a Holy Week ritual in Angeles city, Pampanga in northern Philippines April 2, 2015. Flagellation is a form of religious discipline observed every lenten season by Catholic devotees in the Philippines. (Photo by Lorgina Minguito/Reuters)

A Filipino penitent looks up as he is nailed to a wooden cross during Good Friday rituals Friday, April 3, 2015 in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

A Catholic devotee nailed to a cross is hoisted by participants during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday on April 3, 2015 in San Pedro Cutud village in Pampanga province, Philippines. The annual crucifixion rites in small villages in Pampanga province draws huge crowds of people to normally sleepy towns in northern Philippines. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

A Catholic devotee nailed to a cross is helped by participants during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday on April 3, 2015 in San Pedro Cutud village in Pampanga province, Philippines. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

A Catholic devotee nailed to a cross is hoisted by participants during a reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday on April 3, 2015 in San Pedro Cutud village in Pampanga province, Philippines. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

Hooded Filipino penitents walk towards the cross as they flagellate during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins on Friday, April 3, 2015 in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

Hooded Filipino penitents flagellate during Good Friday rituals to atone for sins on Friday, April 3, 2015 in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. The ritual is frowned upon by church leaders in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (Photo by Aaron Favila/AP Photo)

A Catholic devotee carries a cross as a form of penance during holy week, April 2, 2015, in Mabalacat, Philippines. The brutal practice is a form of reenactment of Christ's suffering before being nailed to the cross with thousands of Filipino faithfuls still practicing the act to this day as a form of popular piety. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

The foot of a Filipino penitent is nailed to a wooden cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in San Juan village, San Fernando city, north of Manila, Philippines, 03 April 2015. Every year, thousands of foreign and local visitors flock to San Pedro Cutud village, San Fernando city, to watch hooded and barefoot penitents lash their backs bloody along a narrow road that leads to a dusty hillock, where other men dressed as Jesus Christ are nailed to wooden crosses. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA)

Filipino penitents are nailed to a wooden cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in San Juan village, San Fernando city, north of Manila, Philippines, 03 April 2015. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA)

Filipino penitent Ruben Enaje grimaces in pain as he is nailed to a wooden cross for the 29th year, during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in San Pedro Cutud village, San Fernando city, north of Manila, Philippines, 03 April 2015. Thousands of Catholic devotees trooped to a northern Philippine village where dozens of men were nailed to wooden crosses or flogged themselves bloody in annual rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. At least 60,000 spectators witnessed the rituals held under the blistering sun in at least three villages in Pampanga province, 70 kilometres north of Manila, which are the highlight of Easter celebrations in Asia's largest predominantly Catholic country. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA)

Filipino penitent Ruben Enaje grimaces in pain as he is nailed to a wooden cross for the 29th year, during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in San Pedro Cutud village, San Fernando city, north of Manila, Philippines, 03 April 2015. (Photo by Ritchie B. Tongo/EPA)