birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
new york city , new york 1949 nancy -rrb- jo sales -lrb- m. 2004 - d. 2006 frank morales
 frank morales priest , activist
frank morales

frank morales is an episcopal priest and activist in new york city .
morales was born in 1949 and grew up in the jacob riis houses on the lower east side of manhattan .
his father was puerto rican and his mother peruvian .
he first became involved in politics after the assassinations of john f. kennedy , robert kennedy and martin luther king as a member of the assassination information committee .
morales graduated from the general theological seminary in 1976 , and became an assistant pastor in 1978 .
in the bronx he worked with squatters .
in one interview he recalled , `` i used to walk out of services with a crowbar and we 'd open up abandoned buildings ... '' he now volunteers at st mark 's church in-the-bowery .
in 2003 , he founded the campaign to demilitarize the police in nyc .
he continues to campaign on housing issues .
he was married to journalist nancy jo sales from 2004 to 2006 .
