Apollo Quiboloy (File photo)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has appealed to Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder and alleged rapist Apollo Quiboloy to surrender before the authorities in a “calm” manner.
PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo also appealed to Quiboloy’s friends and supporters to urge the religious leader to turn himself in.
READ: Davao RTC issues arrest warrant for Quiboloy for sexual abuse
“We would also like to take this opportunity na manawagan na rin po kay pastor Quibol0y […] Pakiusap din natin sa mga supporters at mga kaibigan ni pastor ay tulungan nyo po kami na makiusap kay pastor na harapin na lamang po ito at maging mahinahon sa proseso ng kanyang pagsuko,” Fajardo said in a press briefing on Thursday.
(We would like to take this opportunity to appeal to pastor Quiboloy. We also urge his supporters and friends to convince him to face this and surrender calmly.)
“Re-respetuhin po natin yung judicial process and on the part of the PNP ay si-siguraduhin natin dun sa mga supporters at mahal sa buhay ni pastor na re-respetuhin naman natin ang karapatang pantao ni pastor at dadalhin natin sya sa jurisdiction ng korte para sagutin din nya yung mga reklamong isinampa sa kanya,” she added.
(We will respect the judicial process, and on the part of the PNP, we assure his supporters and friends that we will respect his human rights and we will bring him to the jurisdiction of the court where he will answer the complaints filed against him.)
On Wednesday, Police Regional Office 11 said the NBI and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group operatives served the arrest warrants against Quiboloy and five others in Barangay Tamayong.
Later, three of the accused, namely Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, and Sylvia Camanes, surrendered to the authorities.
Shortly after they surrendered, the three were granted temporary freedom after a local court allowed them to post P80,000 bail each at around 5 p.m.
Two others, Jackiely W. Roy and Ingrid Canada, also turned themselves in earlier Thursday and are now processing the papers for their bail.
These developments occurred after the Davao Regional Trial Court issued the arrest orders against Quiboloy and his subordinates.
They are charged with violating Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, specifically the provision on sexual abuse of minors and maltreatment.