Quiboloy forgives detractors

DAVAO. Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. (File photo)
DAVAO. Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. (File photo)

KINGDOM of Jesus Christ (KJC) founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy said he has “forgiven his detractors” even with the sex trafficking charges thrown against him.

“I forgive all those betrayals. I forgive all the traitors. I forgive all those who have come to see the truth and then turn their back from it,” Quiboloy said during the virtual Sound of Worship gathering on Sunday, November 21.

Quiboloy was charged with having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to the self-proclaimed “son of God,” federal prosecutors in the United States announced Thursday, November 18, 2021.

The religious leader and two of his top administrators are among the nine people named in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week and unsealed on November 18.

The indictment includes three Los Angeles-based administrators of Quiboloy's church who were charged last year. The new indictment also names a church administrator in Hawaii.

The pastor did not make any further elaborations on the merits of his case.

But he assured his members that the KJC church will continue despite his ongoing legal battle.

“I will assure you, my brothers and sisters, that the Kingdom Nation’s progress throughout all [around] the world will continue — no matter what,” Quiboloy said.

He also thanked his supporters, both members and non-members.

“My heart is so filled with joy and thanksgiving for all your prayers and support coming from all over the world, for the Kingdom Nation and for the Appointed Son,” he added.

Quiboloy also thanked President Rodrigo Duterte and presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go.

“Thank you also to those non-members here in the Philippines and abroad who have also voiced their support. Thank you for the continued support of our dear friend, our dear President, PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) and presidential aspirant Senator Bong Go,” Quiboloy said.

Quiboloy’s legal counsel, in a previous report, said the sex trafficking charges are "another vicious attempt" to discredit the pastor.

"Once again, another vicious attempt to bring down Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy and some of the Kingdom leaders has been organized just recently in the United States," the KJC Legal Counsel said in a press statement issued on SMNI News Friday afternoon, November 19.

The superseding indictment contains a raft of charges, including conspiracy, sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, marriage fraud, money laundering, cash smuggling, and visa fraud.

The indictment accuses Quiboloy and others of recruiting women and girls, typically 12 to 25 years old, as “pastorals" who cooked his meals, cleaned his houses, massaged him and traveled with him around the world. Some also had sex with Quiboloy on scheduled “night duty," including some minors such as a 15-year-old girl, according to the indictment.

Quiboloy's legal team said that the church and its followers "remain steadfast and committed to faithfully respond to its mission, its ministry, and its divine calling despite all the detraction efforts made against them."

"The people who accused him today in California are the same dissidents who miserably failed in their attempt to bring Pastor Quiboloy into the case in Hawaii," the KJC counsel said.

The pastor's camp said they are "confident and ready to face" any allegations thrown against Quiboloy and the church leaders.

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