An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of intercourse trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, the inside minister mentioned on Sunday.
Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed ‘proprietor of the universe’ and ‘appointed son of god’, is needed on prices of kid and sexual abuse and associated allegations of human trafficking. He has denied wrongdoing.
‘Apollo Quiboloy has been caught,’ Inside Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. mentioned on his Fb web page, with out specifying how or the place he had been.
Pictured: Apollo Quiboloy, head of The Kingdom of Jesus Christ, a non-Catholic spiritual group and non secular adviser
Apollo Quiboloy (L) welcomes senator and presidential candidate Manuel Villar (C) and his vice-presidential candidate Loren Legarda in 2010
Supporters of Apollo Quiboloy maintain a prayer rally at a park in Manila on March 4, 2024
The pastor can be on the FBI’s ‘most wished’ listing in america on separate prices of intercourse trafficking and bulk money smuggling, over which he has additionally denied wrongdoing.
Over 2,000 police have been deployed final month to look a sprawling compound within the southern metropolis of Davao owned by Quiboloy’s church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), on suspicion that he was hiding there in a bunker.
Quiboloy is adopted by hundreds of thousands of individuals within the Philippines, the place church leaders maintain heavy sway in politics.
He’s a longtime good friend of former president Rodrigo Duterte.