Filipino Televangelist Pleads Not Guilty to Child Abuse and Human Trafficking Charges

Published on September 13, 2024

MANILA, Philippines—A Philippine televangelist, who calls himself the “anointed son of God” and once claimed to have stopped an earthquake, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of abuse of minors and human trafficking in a court arraignment that’s the latest mark of his reversal of fortune. Apollo Carreon Quiboloy and four of his co-accused were brought under heavy security to the regional trial court in Pasig city in metropolitan Manila for the human trafficking charges and was later arraigned by video from police detention by another court handling a separate non-bailable case of child abuse. Lawyer Israelito Torreon told reporters his client Quiboloy entered not guilty pleas before the two courts because he’s innocent of the charges. Quiboloy, 74, also asked the court to allow him to be detained in a hospital due to unspecified illnesses but no immediate decision was made....

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