A 28-year-old priest who solemnised the engagement of a teacher with a Kerala hotel manager in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, eloped with the bride-tobe a few days before her marriage.23-year-old Rupa and the businessman were scheduled to get married later this week. However, police said that she fell in love with the priest in her village church near Kaliakavilai. Suresh Mathew Kunjayan, 28, of Waynad in Kerala, has been serving as a priest in the local church for the past three years.Though Rupa was engaged to the hotel manager two months ago, she was against the marriage.On Sunday, she disappeared from her house. Later in the day, Rupa's mother lodged a complaint with the Kaliakavilai police alleging that the priest called her and told her not to search for her daughter since he had married her.“We have not filed any FIR as requested by the parents. However they have given us the call details of the priest,” Inspector Sudhakar told Mirror.