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Priest who jumped off GenSan hospital dies


MANILA, Philippines - A priest who jumped off a hospital building in General Santos City last week succumbed to his injuries, a radio report said early Tuesday. Radio dzBB reported that Fr. Baltazar Celestial, 36, died in the intensive care unit of the General Santos Doctors Hospital after jumping off the building last weekend. The report said his remains were brought to his parents' hometown of Santo Niño in South Cotabato. Last week, Celestial jumped off the hospital building after he was confined there for injuries he sustained during a basketball game. Celestial, a priest at the Saint Francis Xavier Parish in Malapatan town in neighboring Sarangani province, had been confined at the medical facility since Tuesday after he tripped and hit his head during a basketball game at the back of their church in Sarangani.- GMANews.TV
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