MANILA, Philippines – Hindi maitatanggi ni Pastor Apollo C Quiboloy ang akusasyon na inaabusong seksuwal nito ang kababaihang miyembro at kapag tumanggi na mapagbigyan ang kagustuhan, tatakutin sila na papatayin, ayon sa ilang saksi na dumalo sa imbestigasyon ng Senado.
Inilantad ito nina Yulya Voronina at Teresita Valdehueza nitong Miyerkoles matapos harapin si Quiboloy sa alegasyon sa unang pagkakataon na magkaharap sila sa pagdinig ng enate Committee on Women, Children and Gender Equality sa pamumuno ni Senador Risa Hontiveros.
Sinabi ng dalawang biktima na nagsimula ang pang-aabusong seksuwaly ng kababaihang miyembro ng Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) na nagsisibli sa “Pastoral Ministry” noon pang itinatag ang KOJC nitong 1980s.
Ayon kay Veronina, may sariling susi si Quiboloy sa bawat kuwarto ng kababaihan sa ilalim ng Pastoral Ministry upang makipag-sex siya sa anumang oras na gugustuhin ng pastor.
“Nobody can deny that there is a Pastoral Ministry, even Mr. Quiboloy himself. And everybody knows that only girls and young and beautiful women are included there. [We’re] all under the same rules. Our rooms are next to him so he has free access to every room. Nobody knows his life behind these doors. There are no full-time [KOJC church] workers who know what is happening there,” ayon kay Voronina.
“He has keys to each room. Just in the middle of the night, he [suddenly] comes to my room and has sex with me. You cannot run away. You cannot say, ‘I don’t want [to do this].’ You cannot run away, because if you don’t obey him, you are told you will go to hell… Things like that,” dagdag niya.
Sa kanyang panig, sinabi naman ni Valdehueza na habang nasasagawa sila ng ilangchurch activities para sa KOJC church sa Cebu noong 1993, sinabihan siya nin Quiboloy na matulog sa kanyang kuwarto sa hotel na kung doon siya unang minolestiya.
“Upon arriving in Cebu City, we arranged for him to stay at the Park Place Hotel in Fuente Osmeña. That evening, he instructed me to remain in the hotel while Nilda Linda, the assigned worker, returned to the workers’ house. When we were alone, I asked if I could sleep on the sofa, as it was a suite room. Instead, he insisted that I would sleep beside him, and even said, ‘We are compatible because our outfits were of the same colors.’ His words made me feel uneasy and quite nervous and I saw a different personality in him but I was quick to dismiss that unusual feeling,” paliwanag ni Valdehueza.
Kinalma niya ang sarili kaya naalala niya ang ilang dating saksi na kasamahan sa KOJC members na sina Ingrid Canada, Teresita Dandan, at Felina Salinas na salit-salitang natutulog sa kuwarto ni Quiboloy.
“It led me to believe it was just normal and harmless,” aniya.
Pero, aniya lubha siyang nagulantang sa mga sumunod na pangyayari na nagwasak sa kanyang pananampalataya at pagtitiwala.
Ayon kay Valdehueza inabuso siya ni Quiboloy saka binanggit na katuparan umano ito ng rebelasyon ng Diyos.
“He explained that God had revealed to him that I was to partake in God’s life through him by surrendering my body, soul, and spirit. He also mentioned that other girls would go through him in a similar manner. His words were strange, but I was too shocked to respond,” ayon kay Valdehueza.
Itinanggi ni Quiboloy ang alegasyon ng pang-aabusong seksuwal.
“Wala pong katotohanan iyong kanilang mga sinabi. Maaari po sila mag-file ng kaso. Haharapin ko po sa tamang forum, sa korte,” ayon kay Quiboloy.
“Itinatanggi ko po [ang mga akusasyon]. Wala pong katotohanan. Wala pong katotohanan. Hinahamon ko po sila na mag-file ng kaso laban sa akin o kanino man na KOJC leader or member,” dagdag ng lider ng KOJC.
Nagsasagawa ng imbetigasyon ang Senate Committee on Women, Children and Gender Equality sa tulong ng pagsasabatas upang tukyin kung paano babaguhin ang anti-human trafficking law na itinatago ang large-scale and systemic acts of trafficking sa likod ng religious organization.
Nahaharap si Quiboloy ng kasong qualified human trafficking, isang non-bailable offense, saPasig court. Kabilang ang child abuse at sexual abuse saa Quezon City court. Ernie Reyes
