Faces of the News: Bro. Eddie Villanueva

Jesus Is Lord church founder Bro. Eddie Villanueva felt “holy anger” on hearing President Duterte’s description of God as “stupid.”

The Christian leader said he “cannot be a traitor to God” as he avowed his full loyalty only to the Creator.

Villanueva’s church supported Mr. Duterte’s presidential bid in 2016. Despite that support, Villanueva slammed in 2017 the alleged extrajudicial killings in the government’s war on drugs, but put the blame on “police scalawags.”

This time, the firebrand Christian leader had much to say about the President’s “stupid God” remark, which he said was tantamount to “blasphemy in the highest order.”

The President’s animosity toward the Church is nothing new, as he has repeatedly recounted being sexually molested by a Catholic priest when he was in high school.

He also previously cursed the Pope publicly for causing traffic when he visited Manila.