This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic.... Read about others here. MANILA — Archbishop Oscar Cruz, an outspoken senior Philippine Catholic Church leader who railed against illegal gambling and challenged politicians with stinging commentaries, died on Wednesday at a hospital in metropolitan Manila.... He was ordained in 1962. Melo Acuna, a veteran journalist and friend of Archbishop Cruz’s for more than 30 years, described him as an activist wh