Quiboloy set for deportation
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), is “inevitably” moving to be deported to the US, stated Jose Manuel Romualdez, the ambassador of the Philippines to the US, he announced on Friday (US time).
Pastor Quiboloy will face the Republic of the Philippines music industry once proven guilty. But he also must deal with a lot of cases and witnesses coming forward in society, calling up abuse, sex trafficking, human trafficking, and incidents of child abuse that may have been related to the pastor.
He went on, “So eventually, we’ll need to concede that extradition is necessary.” He said.
Legal counsel for KOJC, Atty. The attorney defending Israelito Torreon and Quiboloy, Atty. Ferdinand Topacio for comment, and we are still waiting for a response from him.
On September 8, Quiboloy surrendered himself to the Armed Forces of the Philippines Intelligence Service in Davao City. Before the fact that on August 24, the Philippine National Police had searched the KOJC property to execute an arrest warrant that had been issued by a court against him and his co-accused.
Later that day, he was taken flying plane to Metro Manila to be taken to the PNP Custodial Center located in Camp Crame in Quezon City.
Provisions 5(b) and 10(a) of Republic Act 7610, commonly referred to as the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act, constitute the laws for which Quiboloy was charged.
Furthermore, a Pasig court is accusing him of non-bailable qualified human trafficking under Section 4(a) of Republic Act No. 9208, as amended.
Quiboloy submitted a plea of not guilty to his allegations of child abuse and human trafficking.
However, he’s additionally been arrested in the United States.
Quiboloy and others were charged by US prosecutors in November 2021 for allegedly operating a sex trafficking ring that manipulated victims as young as 12 by threatening them with “eternal damnation” and abusing them physically.
The FBI discovered that on November 10, 2021, a warrant for Quiboloy’s arrest was issued.
He indicated that various additional newly uncovered cases and witnesses verify the reality of crimes in Quiboloy’s alleged sex trafficking network.
The leader of KOJC is currently being pursued in the United States for several counts of attempting to participate in child sex trafficking and sex trafficking by coercion, fraud, and force.
In the US legal proceedings against Quiboloy, two more co-accused suspects continue to be at large and were placed on the FBI’s wanted list. It’s reported that American citizens Teresita Dandan and Helen Panilag have fled from the law in the Philippines.
Quiboloy’s team repeatedly challenges the accusations put against him.
In the past, Quiboloy said that he wanted to tackle charges in the Philippines, supplied that the Marcos administration provided him with official assurances that the US would not intervene in his domestic affairs. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. dismissed the initiative as superfluous.
About the cases he is facing in the US, the leader of KOJC once stated that the US government intended to “eliminate” him through rendition, apparently with aid from Philippine government officials.
Despite the KOJC leader’s ought to first tackle the claims brought against him in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla indicated that they expected the US to request Quiboloy’s extradition very soon.
As reported by Marcos, as of September 9, the US hadn’t yet submitted a request for Quiboloy’s extradition.
After Quiboloy gave himself into the Philippine government, the US Department of Justice proclaimed that it would not, as a matter of policy, comment on extradition cases.
