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Father Miguel Ortega allegedly stole rare religious antiques from the Archdiocesan Shrine of Patrocinio de Maria Santisima in Boljoon, Cebu, when he served as parish priest from 1976 to 1982
Even as he acknowledged the NMP’s desire to exhibit the panels to the general public, Palma said the illegal removal of the panels “constitutes a sacrilege.”
The Archdiocese of Cebu is the rightful owner of the pulpit panels donated to the National Museum, says Archbishop Jose Palma, who also requested that these be returned to the church in Boljoon.
Two officials of Cebu Province are seeking the return of pulpit panels to Boljoon, a town in southern Cebu, from the National Museum of the Philippines (NMP) in Manila.