By Junex Doronio
MANILA — Saying that just like Jey Rence Quilario, also known as Señor Aguila and his Socorro Bayanihan Services Incorporated (SBSI) in Surigao del Norte, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s spiritual adviser Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his group should be held accountable for their alleged abuses in the Davao-based Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC).
On Monday, December 11, Senator Risa Hontiveros filed Senate Resolution 884, seeking a Senate directive for its Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality to start an official inquiry into the alleged large-scale human trafficking, rape, sexual abuse, and violence, and child abuse committed by the KOJC.
Hontiveros chairs the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations, and Gender Equality.
Interestingly, Quilario of SBSI was able to attract followers in Surigao del Norte by claiming to be the reincarnation of the Catholic icon Sto. Niño while Quibuloy managed to fortify his KOJC in Davao by declaring to be the “Appointed Son of God.”
Arlene Caminong Stone, one of the first former KOJC members to come forward and disclose the alleged excesses of Quiboloy’s group, said it has been years since she and other alleged victims cried out for help from the government, but they were ignored.
In late 2021, Stone — who is now based in Minnesota, United States, revealed the alleged practice of Quiboloy to have “spiritual wives” picked from a group of “pastorals,” who serve as aides and take care of the preacher’s needs, including household chores.
Lately, Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), allegedly owned by Quibuloy, came under fire from the House of Representatives after its program anchors, Jeffrey Celiz and Lorraine Badoy, made supposedly false allegations that Speaker Martin Romualdez spent P1.8 billion on travel expenses.
