manila philippine troop rescue catholic priest hold hostage almost four months islamic state-linked rebel offensive capture stronghold militants southern marawi city defense officials say monday marawi vicar-general father teresito chito soganub kidnap along christians militants rampage city may 23 burn church school release prisoners seize arm well-planned assault soganub flank defence secretary delfin lorenzana military chief general eduardo ano appear good health high spirit present media manila express thank give statement troop gain upper hand terrorists force withdraw nearby structure periphery mosque lorenzana tell media brief manila refer bato mosque hold rebel 117 days troop opportunity snatch father chito ... appearance soganub rare good news military suffer string setbacks marawi deadly accidents controversial campaign air strike repeatedly miss deadlines battle would siege city alliance rebel island mindanao numerous foreign fighters big internal security crisis years philippines country use separatist communist rebellions soganub make appearance duress militant propaganda video week capture urge government stop military operation marawi exchange spar live hostages priest among score hold militants bato mosque one marawi large troop capture saturday afternoon rescue along another hostage lordvin ocopio rebel lay siege marawi extremist faction abu sayyaf group lead isnilon hapilon so-called emir southeast asia members militant maute family deep clan connections lakeside town surround areas military chief ano say 10 foreigners still battle among 50-60 rebel hold 45-50 hostages hapilon among still fight several maute brothers likely dead ano add cite information provide civilians escape capture rebel monday 149 members government force die combat along 47 civilians 670 militants kill accord military estimate body recover target hit priest rescue philippine troop retake marawi militant stronghold