Quiboloy accusers urged to file cases in court

Senate President Francis Escudero lauded the Senate women and children committee for concluding its investigation, saying the witnesses may now pursue cases in court against accused sex offender and human trafficker Apollo Quiboloy.

- By MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

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Given the pendency of cases against pastor Quiboloy. It's best that all the complainants file their respective complaints already with the Department of Justice," Escudero said.

In her closing statement, Hontiveros lauded Quiboloy's victims for speaking out about the alleged sexual abuse and contract killings.

"Quiboloy presided over a malicious and systematic subversion of personal will, autonomy, and dignity to make his victims participants in their own abuse - psychological, sexual, physical, and economic. He presented himself as a God who took over his victims' minds and bodies, exploited their good will, to commit an evil act," Hontiveros said.

"He may have tried to break their will and play with them, but he did not succeed. The human soul is made of much stronger stuff. The courage of our witnesses, our victim-survivors, is stronger than the divinity you claim," she added.

Quiboloy has dared his critics to file cases against him over allegations he raped young female members of his Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) sect and sent out hitmen from his private army to silence or kill his enemies.

"Those are lies. I urge my accusers to file cases against me about those accusations," Quiboloy said when asked about his so-called Angels of Death during the last hearing on Wednesday on his alleged sex crimes by Senate committee on women and children chaired by Sen. Risa Hontiveros.

"That is only their invention," he added, referring to allegations that he had a private army tasked with killing his enemies or threatening his rape victims who would dare speak out.

Quiboloy, during the hearing, was confronted about an alleged audio recording of him threatening a woman named "Stephanie" that he would send the "Angels of Death" to her for betraying him.