Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Quiboloy was not facing any complaint in his country related to the U.S. “We trust the process of justice and we certainly expect the truth to prevail and the kingdom ministry will continue to prosper.” “We are confident and ready to face whatever is hurled against pastor Quiboloy and the kingdom leaders,” said the statement, which was attributed to an unnamed church legal counsel and accused “dissidents” of bringing up the charges to destroy Quiboloy. Quiboloy is believed to be in the Philippines, where his camp said that he and the other accused church leaders were ready to face legal issues although they did not answer the charges in a statement posted on his group’s news website, SMNI News Channel. The superseding indictment contains a raft of charges, including conspiracy, sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, marriage fraud, money laundering, cash smuggling and visa fraud. Quiboloy claims to be “the appointed son of God” and in 2019 claimed he stopped a major earthquake from hitting the southern Philippines. Duterte used the group’s radio and TV program in southern Davao city to express his views on issues way back when he was mayor of the southern port city. The church backed the 2016 candidacy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a close friend of Quiboloy. Its United States headquarters is in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles. The church claims to have 6 million members in about 200 countries. Quiboloy, 71, is head of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, founded in 1985. The new indictment also names a church administrator in Hawaii. The indictment includes three Los Angeles-based administrators of Quiboloy's church who were charged last year. LOS ANGELES (AP) - The leader of a Philippines-based church was charged with having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to the self-proclaimed “son of God,” federal prosecutors announced Thursday.Īpollo Carreon Quiboloy and two of his top administrators are among nine people named in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week and unsealed Thursday.
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