MANILA: The Philippines isn’t at present trying to extradite a Filipino pastor needed for baby intercourse trafficking in the US, President Ferdinand Marcos stated on Monday (Sep 9) after the suspect’s arrest.
Apollo Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed “Appointed Son of God” and ally of former president Rodrigo Duterte, surrendered within the southern metropolis of Davao on Sunday amid an enormous two-week police search of his sect’s sprawling compound.
The US charged the Kingdom of Jesus Christ preacher in 2021 with intercourse trafficking of women and girls aged 12 to 25 to work as private assistants, who have been allegedly required to have intercourse with him.
“For the second, we’re not taking a look at extradition. We’re specializing in the instances filed within the Philippines,” Marcos informed reporters on the sidelines of a Manila convention.
It isn’t identified if the US has formally sought the extradition of Quiboloy, aged at the very least 74 in keeping with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Quiboloy, whose sect claims hundreds of thousands of followers, is going through fees in Manila of kid abuse, sexual abuse and human trafficking.
Marcos additionally congratulated the police for arresting the pastor.
“We’ll exhibit as soon as once more to the world that our judicial system within the Philippines is lively, is vibrant, and is working nicely,” the president stated.
Quiboloy can be sought by US authorities for bulk money smuggling and a scheme that introduced church members to the US utilizing fraudulently obtained visas.
They have been then compelled to solicit donations for a bogus charity, elevating funds that have been as a substitute used to finance church operations and the lavish life of its leaders, in keeping with the FBI.
