Former president and house speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo attends crowning ceremony and conferment of Patron of the Royal Institution of Singapore status to Pastor Apollo Quiboloy in Davao City. (September 2019) | Photo from Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy Facebook page
MANILA, Philippines — Following the issuance of arrest warrants against him for sexual abuse and child abuse cases, Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder and alleged rapist Apollo Quiboloy is now considered a wanted fugitive in the Philippines, according to police.
“He is wanted as he is a fugitive of the law,” Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 – Public Information Office chief Major Catherine Dela Rey said in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net on Thursday.
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Dela Rey added that their tracker teams, consisting of Davao authorities, are now monitoring some of Quiboloy’s properties within the region to locate the religious leader.
Earlier Thursday, the Philippines National Police (PNP) appealed to Quiboloy to surrender in a “calm” manner before the authorities.
PNP’s call came after his five co-accused surrendered before Davao authorities and posted P80,000 bail each.
Last Wednesday, a Davao Regional Trial Court issued arrest orders against Quiboloy and his subordinates, namely Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Sylvia Camanes, Jackiely Roy, and Ingrid Canada, as they were charged with violating Republic Act 7610 or the Anti-Child Abuse Law, specifically the provision on sexual abuse of minors and maltreatment.
In January 2022, Quiboloy was officially declared as one of the most wanted suspected sex traffickers by the United States.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation published a wanted poster seeking information leading to his arrest for “conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, and sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy; bulk cash smuggling.”