Five boys ‘molested’ by neighbor

Five teenage boys were accompanied by their aunt and parents from their home in a mountain barangay in Naga City to the police station to file a complaint against their neighbor, whom they accused of molesting them.

One of the cousins, a 17-year-old, said he felt pain whenever he urinates and fears he may have acquired a sexually transmitted disease (STD) from being forced to have anal sex.

The boys, all cousins, pointed to their homosexual neighbor, who is working in a beauty parlor in Cebu City.

He said that he felt pain whenever he would urinate.

The four other boys aged 14 to 16 said they, too, were forced to have sex with the neighbor, for whom they did household chores.

The Naga City Social Welfare and Development office is helping the minors and their parents prepare a complaint.

The parents said the neighbor was from Leyte province and that he moved to their village in October last year.

The man allegedly had a previous relationship with a brother of one of the boys but they separated last April.

One boy said he went to the neighbor’s hut in April to watch television.

He said he was shocked when the neighbor suddenly touched his genitals and molested him.

The other boys said the neighbor first enticed them with money to do household chores in the hut, then he would suddenly force them to perform sexual acts.

This occurred from April to June.

The children told Cebu Daily News they intially trusted the man because he was a live-in partner of their elder cousin.

The 26-year-old cousin of the victims said he only had a relationship with the male neighbor because he needed money.

The elder cousin said he was paid P1,000 to have sex with the neighbor.

The victims were brought to the Pink Room at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City for medical examination.

Naga City Mayor Valdemar Chiong encouraged the parents to press charges against the neighbor.

PO2 Cristina Hitalda said they were still waiting for the results of the medical examination.

Hitalda said the homosexual neighbor might be charged for sexual abuse and acts of lasciviousness related to Repubilc Act 7610 known as Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.