ZAMBOANGA CITY: The parish priest of this city recently left the ministry to run for public office in the 2019 mid-term elections and join the education sector.

Former monsignor Crisanto de la Cruz said leaving the Catholic Church to seek a seat in the city council “is a great sacrifice for me but I am doing it in answer to the call of the electorate in Zamboanga’s First District.”

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