(Photo courtesy of Pulis Anahawan Southern Leyte) ORMOC CITY, Leyte - Following the "Peace Forum with the Religious Sector" sponsored by the municipal government of Hinunangan, Southern Leyte, religious leaders agreed to address communist infiltration of the religious sector and support the campaign of the Regional Task Force 8 to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF8-ELCAC) through the whole-of-government and whole-of-nation programs. The forum on Friday was attended by more than 30 pastors, preachers, council members and laymen of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines, local government unit of Hinunangan, the Army's 802nd Infantry (Peerless) Brigade, 8th Infantry Division, Situational Awareness and Knowledge Management Cluster of RTF8-ELCAC, and the Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan Eastern Visayas at the Las Vegas Resort in Barangay Talisay. The forum tackled the infiltration, manipulation, and exploitation of the church by the Communist Party