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assault rifles, moved into the church compound. On
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The parish priest in 2017 was Fr. Anthan Ilyas. Benjimen Yaqub and his family worked in supporting and solving various issues that raised time by time in the sub station churches of the parish
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Church leaders protested the government's failure to arrest Muslim extremists responsible for desecrating St. John
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feeding more than 100 neighborhood people, including children from destitute families, with monthly supplies of staples such as flour, sugar and cooking oil.
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