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{{Philippine name|Carreon|Quiboloy}} |
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| name = Apollo Quiboloy |
| name = Apollo Quiboloy |
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| image = SMNI Quiboloy 2022 cropped.jpg |
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| alt = Headshot of Apollo Quiboloy. He is a Filipino man in his seventies with short hair and brown skin. |
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| caption = Quiboloy in 2022 |
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| birth_name = Apollo Carreon Quiboloy |
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| location = Buhangin, Pan-Philippine Highway, [[Davao City]], Philippines |
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| title = Executive Pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ |
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| period = 1985 – present |
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| predecessor = ''Position established'' |
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| successor = ''None'' (founder) |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|4|25}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|4|25}} |
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| birth_place = Dumanlas, Buhangin, |
| birth_place = Dumanlas, Buhangin, Davao City, Philippines |
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| nationality = Filipino |
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| alias = PACQ, ACQ |
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| occupation = Pastor |
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| religion = [[Christianity in the Philippines|Christian]] |
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| criminal_status = Incarcerated at Pasig City Jail<ref name="Bolledo">{{Cite news |last=Bolledo |first=Jairo |date=2024-11-27 |title=Apollo Quiboloy to be transferred to Pasig City jail |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/apollo-quiboloy-transferred-pasig-city-jail/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |work=[[Rappler]] |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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| title = Appointed Son of God;<br>Owner of the Universe<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valderama |first1=Tita |title=The curious case of Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://verafiles.org/articles/the-curious-case-of-apollo-quiboloy |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=VERA Files |date=11 March 2024 |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316110647/https://verafiles.org/articles/the-curious-case-of-apollo-quiboloy |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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| period = 1985–2022 |
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| predecessor = Position established |
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| successor = Marlon Acobo<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/899941/quiboloy-lawyers-say-he-doesn-t-have-details-required-in-smni-hearing/story/|title=Quiboloy lawyers say he doesn't have 'details' required in SMNI hearing|publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]]|date=March 8, 2024|accessdate=March 9, 2024|archive-date=March 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308171731/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/899941/quiboloy-lawyers-say-he-doesn-t-have-details-required-in-smni-hearing/story/|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| post = Executive Pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ |
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| religion = [[Christianity]] |
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| denomination = [[Restorationist]] |
| denomination = [[Restorationist]] |
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| founder = [[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom of Jesus Christ]] |
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| church = [[United Pentecostal Church International|United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines]] (former)<br />[[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom of Jesus Christ]] |
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| website = {{url|www.apolloquiboloy.com}} |
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'''Apollo Carreon Quiboloy''' ({{IPA |
'''Apollo Carreon Quiboloy''' ({{IPA|tl|kɪboˈlɔɪ|local}}; born April 25, 1950){{efn|The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] listed 1947 or 1950 as his birth year.<ref>{{cite news |title=APOLLO CARREON QUIBOLOY |url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking/apollo-carreon-quiboloy |access-date=March 6, 2022 |publisher=Federal Bureau of Investigation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205023629/https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking/apollo-carreon-quiboloy |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> A post on the [[SMNI News Channel]] Facebook page lists Quiboloy's 71st birthday as April 27, 2021, thus Quiboloy was born in 1950.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy thanks well-wishers on his 71st birthday |url=https://www.facebook.com/SMNINews/photos/a.1575135686148947/2874112009584635/ |access-date=March 6, 2022 |work=SMNI News |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220306144245/https://www.facebook.com/SMNINews/photos/a.1575135686148947/2874112009584635/ |archive-date=March 6, 2022}}</ref>}} is a Filipino pastor and the leader of the [[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom of Jesus Christ]] (KOJC or KJC), a [[Restorationism|Restorationist]] church based in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dacanay |first=Barbara Mae |date=May 4, 2010 |title=Arroyo welcomes church leader's poll support |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/arroyo-welcomes-cult-leader-s-poll-support-1.621899 |access-date=January 20, 2011 |website=gulfnews.com |archive-date=May 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509015552/http://gulfnews.com/news/world/philippines/arroyo-welcomes-cult-leader-s-poll-support-1.621899 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Padillo |first=Maya M |date=March 20, 2010 |title=Villar is my mother's choice, says Quiboloy |work=The Mindanao Daily Mirror |url=http://www.dailymirror.ph/Mar-2010/Mar2010/front1.html |access-date=January 20, 2011 |archive-date=December 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214145313/http://dailymirror.ph/Mar-2010/Mar2010/front1.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He founded the KOJC in 1985, proclaiming himself the "Appointed Son of God" and the "Owner of the Universe".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of Jesus Christ.... FAQ |url=http://www.kingdomofjesuschrist.org/faq/101questions.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110224195126/http://kingdomofjesuschrist.org/faq/101questions.html |archive-date=February 24, 2011 |website=Kingdom Of Jesus Christ}}</ref><ref name="Rappler-WhoIs">{{Cite web |last=Gavilan |first=Jodesz |date=March 14, 2024 |title=FAST FACTS: Who is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the 'Appointed Son of God'? |url=https://rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/fast-facts-pastor-apollo-quiboloy-kingdom-jesus-christ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729141032/https://rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/fast-facts-pastor-apollo-quiboloy-kingdom-jesus-christ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Rappler |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Quiboloy is notable for founding the broadcasting network [[Sonshine Media Network International]] (SMNI) and gained further recognition for his close ties with the 16th Philippine president, [[Rodrigo Duterte]].<ref name="Rappler-WhoIs" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Robles |first=Raissa |date=January 26, 2024 |title=Philippine pastor who styles himself as 'son of god' accused of rape at senate hearing |url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3249967/philippine-pastor-who-styles-himself-son-god-accused-rape-senate-hearing |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201202415/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3249967/philippine-pastor-who-styles-himself-son-god-accused-rape-senate-hearing |archive-date=February 1, 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tordesillas |first=Ellen |date=May 24, 2016 |title='Tampuhan' hints friendship so deep between Duterte and Quiboloy |url=https://verafiles.org/articles/tampuhan-hints-friendship-so-deep-between-duterte-and-quiboloy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130042715/https://verafiles.org/articles/tampuhan-hints-friendship-so-deep-between-duterte-and-quiboloy |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=‘Tampuhan’ hints friendship so deep between Duterte and Quiboloy}}</ref> |
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Quiboloy is currently on the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s wanted list<ref name=":2" /> after the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]] indicted him and his accomplices for various crimes, including [[Sex trafficking|sex]]<ref name="Reuters1">{{cite web |author=Andrew Kelly |date=November 19, 2021 |title=U.S. announces sex-trafficking charges against Duterte's spiritual adviser |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-announces-sex-trafficking-charges-against-duterte-ally-2021-11-18/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118223514/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-announces-sex-trafficking-charges-against-duterte-ally-2021-11-18/ |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |publisher=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2021-11-18 |title=Central District of California {{!}} Federal Grand Jury Issues New Indictment Against Leaders of Philippines-Based Church that Alleges Sex Trafficking Scheme {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/federal-grand-jury-issues-new-indictment-against-leaders-philippines-based-church |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en}}</ref> and [[human trafficking]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gregorio |first=Xave |date=February 5, 2022 |title=Quiboloy, 2 others wanted in US over trafficking charges |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/05/2158765/quiboloy-2-others-wanted-us-over-trafficking-charges |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228065140/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/02/05/2158765/quiboloy-2-others-wanted-us-over-trafficking-charges |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Philstar Global Corp}}</ref> [[Marriage of convenience|marriage fraud]], [[coercion]], [[money laundering]], cash [[smuggling]], and other charges.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Regine Cabato |first=Andrea Salcedo |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Filipino megachurch founder forced girls and young women into sex, telling them it was 'God's will,' feds say |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/apollo-quiboloy-charged-sex-trafficking/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119141937/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/apollo-quiboloy-charged-sex-trafficking/ |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |date=2020-02-13 |title=Central District of California {{!}} Grand Jury Indicts 3 Top Administrators of Philippine Church in Scheme to Traffic Workers and Defraud Immigration System {{!}} United States Department of Justice |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-indicts-3-top-administrators-philippine-church-scheme-traffic-workers-and |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=www.justice.gov |language=en |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319025049/https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/grand-jury-indicts-3-top-administrators-philippine-church-scheme-traffic-workers-and |url-status=live }}</ref> After refusing to cooperate with Philippine government inquiries into the alleged human rights violations,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peralta-Malonzo |first=Third Anne |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Quiboloy refuses to submit self to Senate inquiry |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/quiboloy-refuses-to-submit-self-to-senate-inquiry |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125120813/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/quiboloy-refuses-to-submit-self-to-senate-inquiry |archive-date=January 25, 2024 |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=SunStar Publishing Inc. |language=en}}</ref> the [[Senate of the Philippines]] issued an arrest warrant on March 19, 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bacelonia |first=Wilnard |date=March 19, 2024 |title=Senate issues arrest order vs. Quiboloy |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1221121 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325003108/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1221121 |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |access-date=March 25, 2024 |website=Philippine News Agency.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Magsambol |first=Bonz |date=March 19, 2024 |title=Senate orders arrest of Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/senate-orders-arrest-apollo-quiboloy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319120109/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/senate-orders-arrest-apollo-quiboloy/ |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Rappler |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Venturillo |first=Kyle |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Arrest Quiboloy |url=https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/photo_release/2024/0305_01.asp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327015837/https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/photo_release/2024/0305_01.asp |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Senate of the Philippines}}</ref> and the [[Department of the Interior and Local Government]] offered a {{Currency|10,000,000|PHP}} ({{Currency|170,770|USD}}) bounty for information leading to Quiboloy's arrest on July 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=P10M bounty offered for info on Quiboloy |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/102799/p10m-bounty-offered-for-info-on-quiboloy/story/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=www.gmanetwork.com |language=en |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708183600/https://www.gmanetwork.com/regionaltv/news/102799/p10m-bounty-offered-for-info-on-quiboloy/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Argosino |first=Faith |date=2024-07-08 |title=P10 million reward offered for the arrest of fugitive Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1959033/dilg-offers-p10-million-reward-for-arrest-of-fugitive-apollo-quiboloy |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en |archive-date=July 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708180505/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1959033/dilg-offers-p10-million-reward-for-arrest-of-fugitive-apollo-quiboloy |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy was arrested by the authorities on September 8, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Argosino |first=Faith |date=2024-09-08 |title=Apollo Quiboloy has been arrested – DILG chief Abalos |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1981164/apollo-quiboloy-has-been-arrested-dilg-chief-abalos |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908113114/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1981164/apollo-quiboloy-has-been-arrested-dilg-chief-abalos |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Early life== |
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Quiboloy was born on April 25, 1950 in |
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy was born on April 25, 1950 in [[Davao City]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Certificate of Candidacy for Senator - Apollo Carreon Quiboloy |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2025NLE/COC_2025NLE/COC_Senator138/QUIBOLOY,%20APOLLO%20CARREON.pdf |publisher=Commission on Election|access-date=11 November 2024 |date=5 October 2024}}</ref> to [[Kapampangan people|Kapampangan]] parents José Quiboloy y Turla and María Carreón y Sambat (born December 28, 1913).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Todd Cabrera Lucero |title=The Pastor and the President |url=http://fil-gen-pro.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-pastor-and-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909044547/http://fil-gen-pro.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-pastor-and-president.html |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=May 19, 2016}}</ref> The youngest out of nine children, his parents were natives from [[Lubao]], before migrating after the [[World War II|Second World War]] to seek better work opportunities.<ref name="gavilán2018">{{Cite news |last=Gavilán |first=Jodesz |date=February 15, 2018 |title=Who Is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the "Appointed Son of God"? |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/fast-facts-pastor-apollo-quiboloy-kingdom-jesus-christ |access-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-date=July 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713224840/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/fast-facts-pastor-apollo-quiboloy-kingdom-jesus-christ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Official Website |title=Pastor Apollo's birth and early years |url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-calling-apollo-quiboloy/#his_birth_and_early_years |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726233842/https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-calling-apollo-quiboloy/#his_birth_and_early_years |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=July 26, 2018}}</ref><ref name="pdi2">{{Cite web |title=INQUIRER.net |url=http://www.inquirer.net/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221180913/http://www.inquirer.net/index/www/status-500-1.html |archive-date=February 21, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2021 |website=INQUIRER.net}}</ref> |
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==Early religious involvement== |
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Quiboloy was a member of the [[United Pentecostal Church]], a [[Oneness Pentecostal]] denomination, until he established the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church.<ref name="asiatimes">{{cite news|last1=Hodgart|first1=Kenny|title=The Messiah friend of President Duterte|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/messiah-friend-president-duterte-2/|access-date=9 December 2016|work=Asia Times|date=7 October 2016}}</ref> Apollo Quiboloy's father, José, was already a Protestant (a member of the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]]) but converted to Oneness Pentecostalism with four sons, who all became preachers and leaders in the United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines (UPCP), the largest Filipino Oneness Pentecostal Church, which is affiliated to the U.S.-based United Pentecostal Church International. Apollo became president of the powerful UPCP youth organization in 1974, but was expelled from UPCP in 1979 for unorthodox teachings. He came back and was |
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accepted back into the fold in 1980 as pastor of the Agdao Church in Davao City, one of the historical UPCP churches. In 1985, Apollo was put again under investigation by UPCP for his arrogant attitude towards other pastors. Rather than submitting to trial, he left UPCP with some 15 followers on September 1, 1985, and started his own denomination, later on known as the [[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom of Jesus Christ]].<ref>{{cite thesis |type=PhD|last=King|first=Johnny Loye|date=2016|title=Spirit and Schism: A History of Oneness Pentecostalism in the Philippines|publisher=University of Birmingham|pages=192–194}}</ref> |
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=== Oneness Pentecostal and the UPCP === |
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==Church== |
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Quiboloy's father, José, was originally a Protestant and member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, before moving to [[Oneness Pentecostalism|Oneness Pentecostal]] with his four sons.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Quiboloy |first=Apollo |date= April 6, 2020|title=Life and Calling |url=https://apolloquiboloy.com/life-and-calling-of-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328182448/https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-and-calling-of-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy — Appointed Son of God |language=en-US}}</ref> His family were locally known as pastor-leaders during the early years of the [[United Pentecostal Church International|United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines]] (UPCP) in Davao.<ref name=":4" /> |
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Quiboloy is the founding leader and Executive Pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name founded on September 1, 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-calling-apollo-quiboloy/#the_exodus_from_religious_bondage|title=The Exodus from Religious Bondage - Pastor Apollo exited his previous denomination, taking with him all those who had accepted his message.|publisher=Official Website|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref> He began preaching in the slums of Villamor, Agdao, Davao City with only 15 members.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} He has received critical responses to his claims of being the "Appointed Son of God".<ref>{{cite news|last=Estremera|first=Stella A|title=Of appointed sons and the second coming|newspaper=Cebu Sun Star|location=Philippines|date=January 30, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bagnol|first=Raquel C|title=Couple charged with libel for branding Quiboloy's sect a 'cult'|newspaper=Cebu Sun Star|location=Philippines|date=July 23, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/|title=Who is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy|date=2019-02-02|website=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> |
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Apollo's sibling, Jose, later became the Assistant General Superintendent of the UPCP before moving for independent work at the [[Greater Manila Area|Greater Manila]] area.<ref name=":4">{{Cite thesis |last=King |first=Johnny Loye |title=Spirit and Schism: A History of Oneness Pentecostalism in the Philippines |date=2016 |degree=PhD |publisher=University of Birmingham |pages=192–194}}</ref> Apollo claims to have started experiencing spiritual visions at the age of 14, during a visit to [[Malungon]], [[South Cotabato]] (now [[Sarangani]]).<ref name=":8">{{cite news |date=May 14, 2024 |title=Whispers in Sarangani highlands: Is Kitbog Quiboloy's hiding place? |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/kitbog-sarangani-apollo-quiboloy-potential-hiding-place/ |access-date=May 14, 2024 |work=Rappler |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133142/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/inside-track/kitbog-sarangani-apollo-quiboloy-potential-hiding-place/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his website, he envisioned encounters with the Lord and the earth being burnt in a bowl of fire.<ref name=":3" /> |
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The sect's main Cathedral is located along Buhangin National Highway in [[Davao City]]. |
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These visions also include captions such as "...''the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come''" and "''If ye shall seek me ye shall find me in my way''". Quiboloy would recall these visions as the [[Second Coming|Second Coming of Jesus]].<ref name=":3" /> |
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His followers refer to their community as a "Kingdom Nation." They claim about 2 million "Kingdom citizens" abroad and 4 million in the Philippines.<ref name=pdi2/> On weekdays, members hold bible sessions and prayer services. On Sundays, a "Global Worship" is held at the Cathedral in Buhangin District. In 2000, Quiboloy founded José María College, named after his parents.<ref name="pdi2"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/|title=Who is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy - An Advocacy for Children|date=2019-02-02|website=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref> |
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==== Career with UPCP as the "Preaching Machine" ==== |
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Quiboloy has claimed to possess divine powers, claiming to have stopped the [[2019 Cotabato earthquakes]] at his command and said that the public should thank him for the act.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Galvez |first1=Daphne |title=Quiboloy: 'I yelled at the Mindanao quake to stop, it stopped' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1184576/quiboloy-says-he-must-be-thanked-for-stopping-mindanao-quake |access-date=9 March 2020 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=1 November 2019}}</ref> He has publicly said that he did not do the same to stop the onslaught of [[Typhoon Kammuri]] (Tisoy) in response to those critical of his earlier claim in stopping the Cotabato earthquakes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pastor Quiboloy says he did not 'stop' Tisoy because of bashers |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/pastor-quiboloy-says-he-did-not-stop-tisoy-because-of-bashers/ar-BBXPfSD |access-date=9 March 2020 |work=MSN |publisher=GMA News}}</ref> |
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Quiboloy never saw preaching as his future career, originally expressing desires to become a nautical engineer and pilot.<ref name=":3" /> However, because of the benefits that came with [[Bible college]] including free board and meals, fully-paid tuition fees and a free boat ride to Manila, he continued to study theology<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy |url=https://linkedin.com/in/pastoracq |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130141510/https://www.linkedin.com/in/pastoracq/?originalSubdomain=ph |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |access-date=March 22, 2024 |website=LinkedIn}}</ref> at the United Pentecostal Bible Institute (later the Apostolic Center for Theological Studies), graduating in 1972.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite news |date=December 2, 2021 |title=Eternally damned by Quiboloy |url=https://verafiles.org/articles/eternally-damned-quiboloy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405143208/https://verafiles.org/articles/eternally-damned-quiboloy |archive-date=April 5, 2023 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |work=VERA Files}}</ref> |
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He continued to preach for the UPCP after completing college and gained moniker as a "Preaching Machine".<ref name=":3" /> On 1973, the UPCP nominated Quiboloy to represent them at the International Youth Corps World Conference held at [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].<ref name=":3" /> The denomination would also elect Quiboloy as UPCP's national youth president in 1974.<ref name=":4" /> |
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===Media holdings=== |
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His ministry has a global television channel, the [[Sonshine Media Network International]] (President and CEO), and 17 radio stations in the Philippines. It also has two newspapers, ''Pinas'' and ''Sikat''.;<ref name=pdi2/> the ''Pinas'' is circulated weekly for followers in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Asia. |
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==== Conflict with UPCP and founding of KOJC ==== |
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===Involvement in sports=== |
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After involving himself with another preacher named "Major Sanchez"'',<ref name=":8" />'' Apollo was disfellowshipped by the UPCP in 1979. According to church documents, Sanchez was recently placed out-of-bounds by other pastors in Davao. Quiboloy later re-applied and expressed sorrow. He was accepted back in 1980.<ref name=":4" /> |
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In June 2014, Quiboloy founded [[Sonshine Sports Management]], the newly created sports management group based in [[Davao City]]. SSMI organized different boxing and basketball events within the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://davaobreakingnews.com/spiritual-leader-apollo-quiboloy-launches-revolution-excelence/|title=Spiritual Leader Apollo Quiboloy Launches 'Revolution Excelence'|publisher=Davao Breaking News|access-date=18 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081354/http://davaobreakingnews.com/spiritual-leader-apollo-quiboloy-launches-revolution-excelence/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Upon returning in 1980, Quiboloy was reassigned to preach at the Agdao church to slowly regain reputation to his church. However, he was investigated by the UPCP board again in 1985 after he introduced unorthodox ideals and inducing hate to neighboring pastors. According to documentation, Quiboloy told his followers on one occasion that other UPCP pastors are 'unqualified' and 'ignorant'.<ref name=":4" /> On September 1, 1985—before a scheduled meeting with UPCP's district board—Quiboloy would vacate the Agdao church with several followers to assemble his new denomination, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> |
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== Kingdom of Jesus Christ == |
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{{main|Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)}} |
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Quiboloy founded the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (also known as KOJC or KJC) on September 1, 1985<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Exodus from Religious Bondage - Pastor Apollo exited his previous denomination, taking with him all those who had accepted his message. |url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-calling-apollo-quiboloy/#the_exodus_from_religious_bondage |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726233842/https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/life-calling-apollo-quiboloy/#the_exodus_from_religious_bondage |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |access-date=July 16, 2018 |publisher=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy - Appointed Son of God}}</ref> and appointed himself as leader and Executive Pastor. He started preaching at the slums of Villamor, Agdao with 15 members<ref name=":4" /> and received critical comments due to his claims on being the "Appointed Son of God".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Estremera |first=Stella A |date=January 30, 2005 |title=Of appointed sons and the second coming |work=Cebu Sun Star |location=Philippines}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bagnol |first=Raquel C |date=July 23, 2005 |title=Couple charged with libel for branding Quiboloy's sect a 'cult' |work=Cebu Sun Star |location=Philippines}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2019 |title=Who is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |access-date=March 19, 2019 |website=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520213957/https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Their main cathedral is beside [[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]] just along the [[Carlos P. Garcia National Highway]] in Buhangin, Davao City. |
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Their church followers would refer to themselves as the "Kingdom Nation". The church claims to have around 4 million followers within the Philippines and over 2 million in other territories.<ref name="NBCnews1">{{Cite news |date=November 20, 2021 |title=Megachurch leader who calls himself the 'son of God' charged with sex trafficking |language=en |work=[[NBC News]] |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/megachurch-leader-calls-son-god-charged-sex-trafficking-rcna6112 |access-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-date=July 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230703030700/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/megachurch-leader-calls-son-god-charged-sex-trafficking-rcna6112 |url-status=live }}</ref> Their schedule on weekdays involves members hosting bible sessions and prayer services. Another event, titled Sounds of Worship is held every Sundays online<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kingdom of Jesus Christ - Media |url=https://kojc.online/media |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517100831/http://web.archive.org/screenshot/https://kojc.online/media |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |access-date=May 17, 2024 |website=Official Website of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name}}</ref> and at their main cathedral in Buhangin, Davao City. |
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=== Divinity claims === |
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Quiboloy is known for claiming possession of divinity such as 'stopping' the [[2019 Cotabato earthquakes]] on his command. He'd would later tell that the public should thank him for the act.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Galvez |first=Daphne |date=November 1, 2019 |title=Quiboloy: 'I yelled at the Mindanao quake to stop, it stopped' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1184576/quiboloy-says-he-must-be-thanked-for-stopping-mindanao-quake |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209161201/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1184576/quiboloy-says-he-must-be-thanked-for-stopping-mindanao-quake |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer}}</ref> He has publicly said that he did not do the same to stop the onslaught of [[Typhoon Kammuri]] (Tisoy) in response to those critical of his earlier claim in stopping the Cotabato earthquakes.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Pastor Quiboloy says he did not 'stop' Tisoy because of bashers |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/national/pastor-quiboloy-says-he-did-not-stop-tisoy-because-of-bashers/ar-BBXPfSD |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211020/https://www.msn.com/en-ph |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=March 9, 2020 |work=MSN |publisher=GMA News}}</ref> |
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During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], Quiboloy claimed on his YouTube channel that the emergence of the [[Omicron variant]] is caused by his prosecution from the [[United States|US]] and the negative criticism from the public. He claimed that the virus will stop if freed from his active charges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Maria Angelica |date=November 29, 2021 |title=Apollo Quiboloy says Omicron variant due to allegations against him |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/812591/apollo-quiboloy-says-omicron-variant-due-to-allegations-against-him/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815052619/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/812591/apollo-quiboloy-says-omicron-variant-due-to-allegations-against-him/story/ |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022 |work=GMA News |language=en}}</ref> |
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===Involvement with other related organizations=== |
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==== Jose Maria College ==== |
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{{main|Jose Maria College}} |
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Quiboloy later founded the Jose Maria College in 2000 naming the institution after his parents.<ref name="pdi2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 2, 2019 |title=Who is Pastor Apollo Quiboloy - An Advocacy for Children |url=https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520213957/https://www.apolloquiboloy.com/who-is-pastor-apollo-quiboloy/ |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |access-date=March 19, 2019 |website=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://jmc.edu.ph/about-us/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606050234/https://jmc.edu.ph/about-us/ |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=Jose Maria College Foundation Inc. of Davao City}}</ref> They are currently offering more than 30 programmes from basic, grade-school education, specialised Medicine<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 26, 2024 |title=Background |url=https://medicine.jmc.edu.ph/background/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923184654/https://medicine.jmc.edu.ph/background/ |archive-date=September 23, 2021 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=Jose Maria College of Medicine {{!}} Medical School in Davao}}</ref> and Law<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://law.jmc.edu.ph/our-history/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326020605/https://law.jmc.edu.ph/our-history/ |archive-date=March 26, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024 |website=JMCFI College of Law|date=March 19, 2021 }}</ref> programmes, to TESDA-accredited vocational courses. |
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==== Swara Sug Network Corporation ==== |
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{{Main article|Sonshine Media Network International}} |
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Under Quiboloy's leadership, the church founded the Swara Sug Network Corporation (SSMC), famously known as the [[Sonshine Media Network International]] (SMNI). The network served as the KOJC's official media platform. Before establishing the SSMC, they would utilise agreements with local radio stations in Davao ([[DXDC]] and [[DXUM]]) to host their local programmes such as ''Pagsusi sa Kamatuoran'' ("Searching for Truth" or "''Paghahanap ng Katotohanan")'' among others. |
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In 1991, they launched their first television program titled ''The Hour of Truth'' by utilising [[blocktime agreement]]s with [[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC]] and [[ABS-CBN]] stations throughout cities in Visayas and Mindanao. |
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==Political involvement== |
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[[File:Pres. Duterte and Pastor Quiboloy 20191006.jpg|thumb|Quiboloy (right) conversing with Philippine President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] (left) while on board a [[Philippine Airlines|PAL]] plane bound for Davao City.]] |
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Quiboloy anointed [[Gilbert Teodoro]] as the next president in the [[2010 Philippine presidential election]]. "Tonight let it be known to all Filipinos that the Almighty Father has appointed the president of this nation. He is no other than Gilbert 'Gibo' Teodoro", Quiboloy told thousands of cheering followers.<ref>[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100503-267767/Pastor-Quiboloy-anoints-Teodoro Pastor Quiboloy anoints Teodoro, Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506200709/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100503-267767/Pastor-Quiboloy-anoints-Teodoro |date=May 6, 2010 }}</ref> Teodoro finished fourth in the election with 4,095,839 votes (or 11.33%) to which Quiboloy responded, "I myself am a little bit disturbed with the reports of fraud and cheating in the last elections. Even I am asking where did the votes of the Kingdom go? What happened to our votes when we were supposed to be solid for Gibo?"<ref>[http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=577340&publicationSubCategoryId=63 Quiboloy: Where did our votes for Gibo go?, Philippine Star]</ref> |
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===Endorsements and affiliations=== |
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In the [[2016 Philippine general election|2016 national elections]], Quiboloy and the members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ endorsed the presidential candidacy of the pastor's close friend, [[Davao City]] mayor [[Rodrigo Duterte]] and his running mate Senator [[Alan Peter Cayetano]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/02/08/1550941/evangelist-quiboloy-backs-duterte|title=Evangelist Quiboloy backs Duterte|newspaper=[[The Philippine Star]]|last=Regalado|first=Edith|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=February 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/28/16/quiboloy-endorses-duterte-cayetano-duo|title=Quiboloy endorses Duterte-Cayetano duo|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]]|date=March 28, 2016|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328143444/http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/28/16/quiboloy-endorses-duterte-cayetano-duo|archive-date=March 28, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Quiboloy also lent his private jet and helicopter to be used in [[Rodrigo Duterte presidential campaign, 2016|Duterte's presidential campaign]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Duterte using Quiboloy private jet; Davao bizmen funding rallies|url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/video/focus/04/28/16/duterte-using-quiboloy-private-jet-davao-bizmen-funding-rallies|access-date=20 February 2018|agency=''ABS-CBN News''|date=28 April 2016}}</ref> |
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[[File:Duterte and Quiboloy Give Us This Day 2019.jpg|thumb|Quiboloy (center) talks to guest and President of the Philippines [[Rodrigo Duterte]] in ''Give Us This Day'' of [[Sonshine Media Network International|SMNI]] in 2019.]] |
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Quiboloy has supported [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo]]'s presidential campaign to earn a regular term in the [[2004 Philippine presidential election|2004 election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Davao pastor to Arroyo: She has my support |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/davao-pastor-to-arroyo-she-has-my-support |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=SunStar |publisher=SunStar Publishing Inc. |date=4 February 2010 |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405020544/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/davao-pastor-to-arroyo-she-has-my-support |url-status=live }}</ref> Arroyo became president in 2001 after [[Joseph Estrada]] was deposed in the [[Second EDSA Revolution]]. |
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Quiboloy endorsed the candidacy of [[Gilbert Teodoro]] for the [[2010 Philippine presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tupas |first1=Jeffrey |title=Pastor Quiboloy anoints Teodoro |url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100503-267767/Pastor-Quiboloy-anoints-Teodoro |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=May 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506200709/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100503-267767/Pastor-Quiboloy-anoints-Teodoro |archive-date=May 6, 2010}}</ref> Teodoro was the preferred candidate of the then-incumbent Arroyo administration. However Quiboloy would endorse [[Mar Roxas]] for the vice presidency and not Teodoro's running mate [[Edu Manzano]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Arroyo no hand in Quiboloy's decision |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/arroyo-no-hand-in-quiboloys-decision |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=SunStar |publisher=SunStar Publishing Inc. |date=3 May 2010 |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405020913/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/more-articles/arroyo-no-hand-in-quiboloys-decision |url-status=live }}</ref> Teodoro finished fourth in the election with 4,095,839 votes (or 11.33%).<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Candidates for President and Vice-President with Votes Obtained: May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/References/Results/2010NLE/Results_Pres_VPres_2010_Elections.pdf |publisher=Commission on Elections |access-date=July 30, 2022 |date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> He remarked that he was disturbed by reports of fraud and cheating and wondered to whom did votes from his church go.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quiboloy: Where did our votes for Gibo go? |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2010/05/22/577012/quiboloy-where-did-our-votes-gibo-go |access-date=July 30, 2022 |work=The Philippine Star |date=May 22, 2010 |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730162812/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2010/05/22/577012/quiboloy-where-did-our-votes-gibo-go |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Quiboloy is a close associate of [[Rodrigo Duterte]].<ref name="intricate-knot">{{cite news |last1=Peña |first1=Kurt Dela |title=Apollo Quiboloy and Rodrigo Duterte: The intricate knot |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1925518/apollo-quiboloy-and-rodrigo-duterte-the-intricate-knot |access-date=5 April 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=3 April 2024 |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405015057/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1925518/apollo-quiboloy-and-rodrigo-duterte-the-intricate-knot |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2016 Philippine general election|2016 elections]], Quiboloy and the members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ endorsed the presidential candidacy of [[Davao City]] mayor Duterte and his running mate Senator [[Alan Peter Cayetano]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Regalado |first=Edith |date=February 8, 2016 |title=Evangelist Quiboloy backs Duterte |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/02/08/1550941/evangelist-quiboloy-backs-duterte |access-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-date=February 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209065436/http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/02/08/1550941/evangelist-quiboloy-backs-duterte |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 28, 2016 |title=Quiboloy endorses Duterte-Cayetano duo |publisher=[[ABS-CBN News]] |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/28/16/quiboloy-endorses-duterte-cayetano-duo |url-status=dead |access-date=March 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328143444/http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/03/28/16/quiboloy-endorses-duterte-cayetano-duo |archive-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> Quiboloy also lent his private jet and helicopter to be used in [[Rodrigo Duterte presidential campaign, 2016|Duterte's presidential campaign]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 28, 2016 |title=Duterte using Quiboloy private jet; Davao bizmen funding rallies |agency=ABS-CBN News |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/video/focus/04/28/16/duterte-using-quiboloy-private-jet-davao-bizmen-funding-rallies |access-date=February 20, 2018 |archive-date=February 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220171847/http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/video/focus/04/28/16/duterte-using-quiboloy-private-jet-davao-bizmen-funding-rallies |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy also served as Duterte's spiritual adviser during his presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Palace: Duterte's spiritual adviser can defend himself |url=https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2022/04/04/440152/palace-dutertes-spiritual-adviser-can-defend-himself/ |access-date=July 30, 2022 |work=BusinessWorld |date=April 4, 2022 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524142339/https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2022/04/04/440152/palace-dutertes-spiritual-adviser-can-defend-himself/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mercado |first1=Neil Arwin |title=Duterte to say if Quiboloy will remain as spiritual adviser — Palace |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1517306/duterte-to-say-if-quiboloy-will-remain-as-spiritual-adviser-palace |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=November 19, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=November 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119070956/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1517306/duterte-to-say-if-quiboloy-will-remain-as-spiritual-adviser-palace |url-status=live }}</ref> Post-presidency, Duterte would serve as the administrator of the assets of the pastor's church amidst Quiboloy facing scrutiny from the Philippine government.<ref name="intricate-knot"/> |
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In the [[2022 Philippine general election|2022 elections]], Quiboloy endorsed the candidacy of [[Bongbong Marcos]] who was running for president. He supported his vice presidential candidate, [[Sara Duterte]] as well.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mercado |first1=Neil Arwin |title=Quiboloy endorses Bongbong Marcos – Sara Duterte tandem |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1548117/fwd-quiboloy-endorses-bongbong-inday-sara-tandem-this-team-will-have-a-landslide-win |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=February 1, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201023402/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1548117/fwd-quiboloy-endorses-bongbong-inday-sara-tandem-this-team-will-have-a-landslide-win |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy's parents' loyal support for former President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] was a factor for the endorsement. Quiboloy at the time have been reportedly good friends with the [[Marcos family]] in general.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Baroña |first1=Franco Jose |title='No favors from Marcos despite support' |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/29/news/national/no-favors-from-marcos-despite-support/1845405 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |work=The Manila Times |date=May 29, 2022 |language=en |archive-date=July 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730163546/https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/29/news/national/no-favors-from-marcos-despite-support/1845405 |url-status=live }}</ref> However following inquiries made by both houses of the [[Congress of the Philippines|Congress]] against him and SMNI, relations have deteriorated. In February 2024, Quiboloy alleged that President Marcos and First Lady [[Liza Marcos]] are conspiring with the United States to assassinate him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosauro |first1=Ryan |title=Quiboloy claims slay plot in anti-US, Marcos rant |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1908219/quiboloy-claims-slay-plotin-anti-us-marcos-rant |access-date=24 February 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=22 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=February 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224040915/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1908219/quiboloy-claims-slay-plotin-anti-us-marcos-rant |url-status=live }}</ref> However he has remained cordial with Senator [[Imee Marcos]] who insists the pastor has been kind to many people.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ager |first1=Maila |title=Accusations hounding Quiboloy sadden Imee Marcos: 'He has been kind to us' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1912170/charges-hounding-quiboloy-saddens-imee-marcos-he-has-been-kind-to-us |access-date=24 March 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=29 February 2024 |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324035957/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1912170/charges-hounding-quiboloy-saddens-imee-marcos-he-has-been-kind-to-us |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===2024 Senate electoral bid=== |
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In October 2024, Quiboloy filed his certificate of candidacy for the [[2025 Philippine Senate election]] through his lawyer, Mark Tolentino. He is running under the [[Labor Party Philippines|Workers' and Peasants' Party]] (WPP).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laqui |first=Ian |date=2024-10-08 |title=From behind bars, Apollo Quiboloy files Senate candidacy |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/10/08/2391047/behind-bars-apollo-quiboloy-files-senate-candidacy |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=[[Philstar]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarao |first=Zacarian |date=2024-10-08 |title=Apollo Quiboloy files COC for senator |url=https://www.inquirer.net/416715/apollo-quiboloy-files-coc-for-senator/ |access-date=2024-10-08 |website=[[INQUIRER.net]]}}</ref> However, the WPP's Sonny Matula denied signing Quiboloy's candidacy form.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villaruel |first1=Jauhn Etienne |title=Apollo Quiboloy, detained KOJC founder, files candidacy for senator |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/8/apollo-quiboloy-files-candidacy-for-senator-1404 |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=8 October 2024}}</ref> On October 17, Matula filed a petition to disqualify Quiboloy's candidacy at the [[Commission on Elections (Philippines)|Commission on Elections]] on grounds of "material representation". In response, Quiboloy also filed a petition to have Matula and his entire senatorial slate disqualified on the same grounds.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Willard |title=Matula wants Quiboloy disqualified from senatorial race |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/16/matula-wants-quiboloy-disqualified-from-senatorial-race-2043 |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=17 October 2024}}</ref> On October 21, Quiboloy withdrew his representation of the WPP and formally ran as an [[independent candidate]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Willard |title=Detained Apollo Quiboloy to run as independent candidate for senator |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/10/21/apollo-quiboloy-to-run-as-independent-candidate-for-senator-1505 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News |date=21 October 2024}}</ref> |
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===Communist rebellion=== |
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Quiboloy has criticised the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]], [[New People's Army]], and the [[National Democratic Front of the Philippines|National Democratic Front]] (CPP–NPA–NDF) which forms a triumvirate which has been waging a [[New People's Army rebellion|communist rebellion]] against the Philippine government.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Muli |first1=Angie |title=Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy relentless vs CPP-NPA-NDF |url=https://smninewschannel.com/pastor-apollo-c-quiboloy-relentless-vs-cpp-npa-ndf/ |access-date=September 17, 2023 |work=SMNI News |date=June 3, 2023 |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025246/https://smninewschannel.com/pastor-apollo-c-quiboloy-relentless-vs-cpp-npa-ndf/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=October 2024}} Likewise, he has accused several political figures of being associated with or sympathizers of the CPP–NPA–NDF.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Locus |first1=Sundy |title=Magalong slams Badoy, Quiboloy over 'red-tagging' |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857607/magalong-slams-badoy-quiboloy-over-red-tagging/story/ |access-date=September 17, 2023 |work=GMA News |date=January 16, 2023 |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025249/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/857607/magalong-slams-badoy-quiboloy-over-red-tagging/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Joves |first1=Jaco |title=Quiboloy red-tags Leni, Isko, Pacquiao, Makabayan bloc |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/quiboloy-red-tags-leni-isko-pacquiao-makabayan-bloc/ |access-date=September 17, 2023 |work=Rappler |date=November 25, 2021 |archive-date=November 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103025245/https://www.rappler.com/nation/quiboloy-red-tags-leni-isko-pacquiao-makabayan-bloc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also considered running for the 2022 presidential election, under an anti-communist platform which targeted rebels and alleged sympathizers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Francisco |first1=Carmelito Q. |title=Apollo Quiboloy threatens to run for president in next year's polls |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1491557/apollo-quiboloy-threatens-to-run-for-president-in-next-years-polls |access-date=5 April 2024 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=22 September 2021 |language=en |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405021618/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1491557/apollo-quiboloy-threatens-to-run-for-president-in-next-years-polls |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
==Controversies== |
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===Allegations of brainwashing by a former church member=== |
===Allegations of brainwashing by a former church member=== |
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Quiboloy and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ have been sued by a woman for allegedly [[brainwashing]] and holding her 19-year-old daughter, who joined the church in 2004, against her will.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cabreza |first1=Vincent |last2=Demetillo |first2=Donna |title=Lawyers sue cult to get custody of Baguio Girl |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1Y1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ciUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=757,33541770 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |agency=PDI Northern Luzon Bureau |date=May 7, 2005 |archive-date=March 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317201210/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1Y1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ciUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=757,33541770 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Cabreza |first1=Vincent |last2=Demetillo |first2=Donna |title=Cult probed for disappearance of teeners |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Plg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722,8240927 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |agency=PDI Northern Luzon Bureau |date=January 20, 2005 |archive-date=December 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221013321/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Plg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722,8240927 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Quiboloy has been sued by a former church member for allegedly [[brainwashing]] and holding her young daughter against her will.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O1Y1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ciUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=757,33541770 Lawyers sue cult to get custody of Baguio girl, Philippine Daily Inquirer]</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Plg1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kCUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1722,8240927 Cult probed for disappearance of teenrs, Philippine Daily Inquirer]</ref> |
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===Dispute with the New People's Army=== |
===Dispute with the New People's Army=== |
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The [[New People's Army]] (NPA), the armed wing of the [[Communist Party of the Philippines]], has accused Quiboloy of being behind the massacre of K'lata-Bagobo leader Datu Domingo Diarog and his family on April 29, 2008, for allegedly refusing to sell {{Convert|2|ha|sqm|sp=us}} of their property for ₱50,000 to Quiboloy and his sect. |
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The property is within the {{Convert|700|ha|sqkm|sp=us}} ancestral domain claimed by the [[Lumad#Manobo|Bagobo people]] in Tugbok and is adjacent to Quiboloy's walled "prayer mountain" in Tamayong. |
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The communist [[New People's Army]] (NPA) has accused Quiboloy of being behind the massacre of K'lata-Bagobo leader Datu Domingo Diarog and his family on April 29, 2008, for allegedly refusing to sell two hectares of their property for ₱50,000 to Quiboloy and his sect. |
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The property is within the 700-hectare ancestral domain claimed by the [[Lumad#Manobo|Bagobo people]] in Tugbok and is adjacent to Quiboloy's walled "prayer mountain" in Tamayong. |
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Diarog's widow said followers of Quiboloy had threatened to evict them from the land and her relatives were even offered a ₱20,000 bounty for Diarog's head.<ref name="pdi">[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080517-137214/Why-did-they-kill-the-Bagobo-datu Why did they kill the Bagobo datu?, Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131648/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080517-137214/Why-did-they-kill-the-Bagobo-datu |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> |
Diarog's widow said followers of Quiboloy had threatened to evict them from the land and her relatives were even offered a ₱20,000 bounty for Diarog's head.<ref name="pdi">[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080517-137214/Why-did-they-kill-the-Bagobo-datu Why did they kill the Bagobo datu?, Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131648/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080517-137214/Why-did-they-kill-the-Bagobo-datu |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Quiboloy, however, said the charges were "totally false and baseless, if not ridiculous."<ref> |
Quiboloy, however, said the charges were "totally false and baseless, if not ridiculous."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/97657/news/regions/killings-land-dispute-turn-tribal-village-into-virtual-ghost-town/ |title=Killings, land dispute turn tribal village into virtual ghost town |first= |last= |work=GMA News Online |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717074329/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/97657/news/regions/killings-land-dispute-turn-tribal-village-into-virtual-ghost-town |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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While Quiboloy has branded the rebels "''mga anak ni Satanas''" ("[[Satan|Satan's]] offspring"), the NPA has declared him a "warlord in the service of the [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Arroyo]] administration's policies against the peasants and indigenous peoples."<ref>[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080519-137528/Slay-of-tribal-leader-stirs-Pastor-Quiboloy-NPA-word-war Slay of tribal leader stirs Pastor Quiboloy-NPA word war, Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131707/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080519-137528/Slay-of-tribal-leader-stirs-Pastor-Quiboloy-NPA-word-war |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080521-137818/Preacher-rebels-exchange-harsh-words-over-killing Preacher, rebels exchange harsh words over killing Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131716/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080521-137818/Preacher-rebels-exchange-harsh-words-over-killing |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> |
While Quiboloy has branded the rebels "''mga anak ni Satanas''" ("[[Satan|Satan's]] offspring"), the NPA has declared him a "warlord in the service of the [[Gloria Macapagal Arroyo|Arroyo]] administration's policies against the peasants and indigenous peoples."<ref>[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080519-137528/Slay-of-tribal-leader-stirs-Pastor-Quiboloy-NPA-word-war Slay of tribal leader stirs Pastor Quiboloy-NPA word war, Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131707/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080519-137528/Slay-of-tribal-leader-stirs-Pastor-Quiboloy-NPA-word-war |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080521-137818/Preacher-rebels-exchange-harsh-words-over-killing Preacher, rebels exchange harsh words over killing Philippine Daily Inquirer] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012131716/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20080521-137818/Preacher-rebels-exchange-harsh-words-over-killing |date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> |
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Police investigator Ireneo Dalogdog, head of the Tugbok police office, said he had been receiving reports that Diarog was being harassed by armed men associated with Quiboloy, and that Diarog's farmhouse had earlier been razed three times.<ref name="pdi" /> |
Police investigator Ireneo Dalogdog, head of the Tugbok police office, said he had been receiving reports that Diarog was being harassed by armed men associated with Quiboloy, and that Diarog's farmhouse had earlier been razed three times.<ref name="pdi" /> |
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In November 2019, Quiboloy was made fun of by [[Vice Ganda]] on ''[[It's Showtime (TV program)|It's Showtime!]]'' for his claims of stopping the series of earthquakes in Mindanao just by exclaiming, "Stop!". Hilariously amazed, Vice jokingly challenged Quiboloy to also stop the country's longest running television series ''[[Ang Probinsyano]]'', which had been airing on [[ABS-CBN]] for at least 5 years already.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Severo |first1=Jan Milo |title=Vice Ganda challenges Quiboloy to stop 'Ang Probinsyano,' EDSA traffic |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/05/1966262/vice-ganda-challenges-quiboloy-stop-ang-probinsyano-edsa-traffic |access-date=August 4, 2020 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=November 5, 2019}}</ref> Quiboloy responded by confidently accepting the challenge and declared that in 4 months, not only might 'Ang Probinsyano' stop but also the network's operations as well.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Severo |first1=Jan Milo |title=Quiboloy accepts Vice Ganda's challenge, praises 'Eat Bulaga' |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/11/1967906/quiboloy-accepts-vice-gandas-challenge-praises-eat-bulaga |access-date=August 4, 2020 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=November 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Vice Ganda challenges Quiboloy to stop 'Ang Probinsyano'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5lBT58wvs|language=en|access-date=2021-05-06}}</ref> |
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In November 2019, comedian [[Vice Ganda]] satirized Quiboloy's claims of stopping [[2019 Cotabato earthquakes|the series of earthquakes in Mindanao]] by exclaiming "Stop!" during an impromptu sketch in ''[[It's Showtime (Philippine TV program)|It's Showtime!]]''. Vice sardonically challenged Quiboloy to also stop the country's longest running television series ''[[Ang Probinsyano]]'', which had been aired on [[ABS-CBN]] for at least five years at that point.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Severo |first=Jan Milo |date=November 5, 2019 |title=Vice Ganda challenges Quiboloy to stop 'Ang Probinsyano,' EDSA traffic |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/05/1966262/vice-ganda-challenges-quiboloy-stop-ang-probinsyano-edsa-traffic |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211119/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/05/1966262/vice-ganda-challenges-quiboloy-stop-ang-probinsyano-edsa-traffic |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Philstar">{{Cite web |title=Quiboloy says Vice Ganda prophesied ABS-CBN, 'Ang Probinsyano' to stop |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2020/05/26/2016667/quiboloy-says-vice-ganda-prophesied-abs-cbn-ang-probinsyano-stop |access-date=November 1, 2021 |website=www.philstar.com |language=en-US |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211157/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2020/05/26/2016667/quiboloy-says-vice-ganda-prophesied-abs-cbn-ang-probinsyano-stop |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy accepted the challenge and declared that in four months, the whole network's operations would shut down as well.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Severo |first=Jan Milo |date=November 11, 2019 |title=Quiboloy accepts Vice Ganda's challenge, praises 'Eat Bulaga' |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/11/1967906/quiboloy-accepts-vice-gandas-challenge-praises-eat-bulaga |access-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211145/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2019/11/11/1967906/quiboloy-accepts-vice-gandas-challenge-praises-eat-bulaga |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Vice Ganda challenges Quiboloy to stop 'Ang Probinsyano' | date=November 9, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5lBT58wvs |language=en |access-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506054804/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns5lBT58wvs |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nicart |first=Lyka |date=July 11, 2020 |title=Pastor Quiboloy recalls Vice Ganda's 'stop' joke amid ABS-CBN franchise denial |url=https://latestchika.com/latest-chika/2020/07/11/26079/pastor-quiboloy-recalls-vice-gandas-stop-joke-amid-abs-cbn-franchise-denial/ |access-date=November 1, 2021 |website=Latest Chika |language=en-US |archive-date=November 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101203548/https://latestchika.com/latest-chika/2020/07/11/26079/pastor-quiboloy-recalls-vice-gandas-stop-joke-amid-abs-cbn-franchise-denial/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On May 5, 2020, the [[National Telecommunications Commission]] ordered ABS-CBN to cease its television and radio broadcasting operations after their 25-year broadcast franchise expired the previous day, and officially signed off at 7:52 pm local time the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Premonition' of Pastor Quiboloy about ABS-CBN closure resurfaced online |url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/offbeat/premonition-of-pastor-quiboloy-about-abs-cbn-closure-resurfaced-online/ar-BB13Djpg |access-date=July 3, 2020 |website=www.msn.com |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703070741/https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/offbeat/premonition-of-pastor-quiboloy-about-abs-cbn-closure-resurfaced-online/ar-BB13Djpg |url-status=live }}</ref> More than two months later, on July 10, 2020, the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] rejected the new ABS-CBN franchise bid after a 70–11 vote against it.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 10, 2020 |title=ABS-CBN franchise bid junked |publisher=[[Manila Bulletin]] |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/10/abs-cbn-franchise-bid-junked/ |access-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121072733/https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/10/abs-cbn-franchise-bid-junked/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Philstar" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Duterte says ABS-CBN franchise renewal bid 'piece of garbage' |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1132769 |access-date=November 1, 2021 |website=www.pna.gov.ph |language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306071006/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1132769 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following this, ABS-CBN shifted its news, radio, and entertainment operations into online platforms and other television networks. ''Ang Probinsyano'' released its series finale on August 12, 2022.<ref name="AngProbinsyanoEnding">{{Cite news |last=Dumaual |first=Miguel |date=August 13, 2022 |title='Ang Probinsyano' ending: Here's who lived, died in finale |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/13/22/ang-probinsyano-ending-heres-who-lived-died-in-finale |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813034729/https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/08/13/22/ang-probinsyano-ending-heres-who-lived-died-in-finale |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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True enough on May 5, 2020, the [[National Telecommunications Commission (Philippines)|National Telecommunications Commission]] legally ordered [[ABS-CBN]] to cease its TV and radio broadcasting operations after their 25-year broadcast franchise expired the previous day, May 4. The station then officially signed off at 7:52 pm local time the same day.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Premonition' of Pastor Quiboloy about ABS-CBN closure resurfaced online|url=https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/offbeat/premonition-of-pastor-quiboloy-about-abs-cbn-closure-resurfaced-online/ar-BB13Djpg|access-date=2020-07-03|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> More than 2 months later, on July 10, 2020, the [[House of Representatives of the Philippines]] junked the new ABS-CBN franchise bid after a 70-11 vote prevailed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/07/10/abs-cbn-franchise-bid-junked/|title=ABS-CBN franchise bid junked|publisher=[[Manila Bulletin]]|date=July 10, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2020}}</ref> |
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===Ongoing accusations, indictments, and sanctions=== |
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[[File:Quiboloy PhilStar Quote PubMat 2019.jpg|thumb|Quiboloy declares, in reference to Vice Ganda, that not only might 'Ang Probinsyano' stop in 4 months' time but also the ABS-CBN network as a whole.]] |
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{{see also|Philippine Senate hearing on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ}} |
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[[File:Apollo Quiboloy FBI Wanted Poster.pdf|thumb|175px|Quiboloy's FBI wanted notice]] |
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The prosecutors for the [[United States District Court for the Central District of California|Central District of California]] indicted Quiboloy and top church administrators for [[conspiracy]] to conduct human and sex trafficking, money laundering, [[Illegal immigration|immigration fraud]] and other charges on November 11, 2021.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> The prosecutors also alleges that followers were coerced by Apollo and administrators into soliciting funds at long hours with little to no pay.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2020 |title=Three Administrators of Philippine Church Arrested in Immigration Fraud Case Related to Workers Brought to U.S. to Fundraise |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/three-administrators-philippine-church-arrested-immigration-fraud-case-related-workers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130122648/https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/three-administrators-philippine-church-arrested-immigration-fraud-case-related-workers |archive-date=January 30, 2023 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Central District of California}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gomez |first=Herbie |date=February 19, 2024 |title=Male members allege sexual abuse in Quiboloy's group, exploitation at SMNI |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/new-witnesses-allege-sexual-abuse-exploitation-apollo-quiboloy-group-smni |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327030453/https://www.rappler.com/nation/new-witnesses-allege-sexual-abuse-exploitation-apollo-quiboloy-group-smni/ |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Rappler}}</ref> Some followers were sexually and physically abused by Quiboloy and other church administrators, under the guise of avoiding '[[Damnation|eternal damnation]]'.<ref name=":7" /> |
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==== Full-time workers ==== |
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===Salvation revelation=== |
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Some of KOJC's followers were assigned as 'full time workers' (FTW's) to help with fundraising activities nationwide and internationally. Some of these workers were coerced, forced, and physically abused by Quiboloy as well as the church administrators to strictly follow church rules and meet fundraising quotas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hana |first=Bordey |date=March 5, 2024 |title=Alleged money-making schemes in Quiboloy's church bared in Senate |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/899517/alleged-money-making-schemes-in-quiboloy-s-church-bared-in-senate/story/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307141326/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/899517/alleged-money-making-schemes-in-quiboloy-s-church-bared-in-senate/story/ |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=GMA News Online}}</ref> |
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Quiboloy, on May 6, 2021, was met with ridicule and outrage online after he proclaimed himself as mankind's saviour by being the last person to sign everybody's supposed 'clearance' for salvation. Without the so-called 'clearance' signed by him, everybody would be denied of redemption from their sins come Judgment Day and would accordingly "perish in hell".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy declares himself as humankind’s savior - TrueID|url=https://trueid.ph/article/news/sub/trending/oBA7grymo6MP/pastor-apollo-quiboloy-declares-himself-as-humankinds-savior/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=TrueID Philippines|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Gospel: Salvation Through Christ|url=https://www.lifeway.com/en/articles/salvation-through-christ-a-matter-of-faith|access-date=2021-08-18|website=www.lifeway.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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==== Full-time workers in North America ==== |
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He was then dealt with mockery by Filipino netizens in his post's comment section, and even regarded with the sobriquets, "fake messiah" and "false prophet". The netizens collectively said, with full conviction, that "only through Jesus Christ will the people be saved, not through someone who only uses God and religion for profit". Another like-minded netizen's comment read, "According to John 14:6, 'Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one shall come to the Father except through him.' Kaya ikaw Quiboloy, huwag mong sabihing nasa iyo ang katubusan. Kay Hesukristo lamang iyon mahahanap".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pastor Apollo Quiboloy declares himself as humankind’s savior - TrueID|url=https://trueid.ph/article/news/sub/trending/oBA7grymo6MP/pastor-apollo-quiboloy-declares-himself-as-humankinds-savior/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=TrueID Philippines|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Reactions|first=“Ako Ang Huling Pipirma”-Quiboloy’s New Statement Draws|date=2021-05-07|title="Ako Ang Huling Pipirma" – Quiboloy's New Statement Draws Reactions|url=https://philnews.ph/2021/05/07/ako-ang-huling-pipirma-quiboloys-new-statement-draws-reactions/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Philippine News|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Admin|first=P. D.|date=2021-05-08|title=Pastor Quiboloy, trending sa social media dahil sa kanyang rebelasyon|url=https://pinoydaily.net/archives/4163|access-date=2021-08-16|website=PINOY DAILY|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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The highest-achieving full-time workers (workers that raised most funds in the Philippines) were nominated by church personnel to fundraise in North America. Apollo's administrators would falsify their visa applications, claiming that they're only travelling for church-related performances.<ref name=":7" /> The administrators would also arrange sham marriages with other church followers in the US in order for the FTW's to continue soliciting funds in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Michelle |first=Abad |date=April 2, 2022 |title=US paralegal admits role in smuggling Quiboloy's church workers – US justice department |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/us-paralegal-admits-role-smuggling-quiboloy-church-workers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314160607/https://www.rappler.com/nation/us-paralegal-admits-role-smuggling-quiboloy-church-workers/ |archive-date=March 14, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Rappler}}</ref> |
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Upon arriving in the United States, church administrators would confiscate the workers' passports and coerce them into soliciting and fundraising. Lead administrators created non-profit entities such as the "Children's Joy Foundation USA" as their platform to fundraise. Full-time workers would claim that any funds raised are for helping impoverished children in the Philippines<ref>{{Cite web |title=About CJFI |url=https://childrensjoyfoundation.org/about-cjfi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240229005640/https://childrensjoyfoundation.org/about-cjfi |archive-date=February 29, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Children's Joy Foundation Inc.|date=March 9, 2017 }}</ref> but prosecutors allege that in reality, most or all of the raised money were used to fund Quiboloy and their administrator's lavish lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gavilan |first1=Jodesz |last2=Gomez |first2=Herbie |date=March 12, 2024 |title=Inside Apollo Quiboloy's lavish world: Mansions, rich-and-famous lifestyle in North America |url=https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/apollo-quiboloy-mansions-properties-lifestyle-north-america/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240316015301/https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/apollo-quiboloy-mansions-properties-lifestyle-north-america/ |archive-date=March 16, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Rappler}}</ref> |
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[[File:Quiboloy Slavation Revelation 2021.jpg|thumb|The pastor proclaims that he will be the last person to sign everybody's 'clearance' in order to be saved.]] |
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==== 'Night duty' and pastorals ==== |
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==See also== |
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According to the indictment, some ladies were forced to "night duties", in which they were sexually abused by Quiboloy.<ref name="ABSCBN">{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=Apollo Quiboloy, founder of Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, indicted for sex trafficking |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/19/21/us-announces-sex-trafficking-charges-vs-apollo-quiboloy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118230420/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/19/21/us-announces-sex-trafficking-charges-vs-apollo-quiboloy/ |archive-date=November 18, 2021 |access-date=November 19, 2021 |website=[[ABS-CBNnews.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bacelonia |first=Wilnard |date=December 11, 2023 |title=Probe on Kingdom of Jesus Christ's alleged abuses sought |url=https://beta.pna.gov.ph/articles/1215191 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327031000/https://beta.pna.gov.ph/articles/1215191 |archive-date=March 27, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=Philippine News Agency}}</ref> Prosecutors stated that they will also retrieve Quiboloy's US assets originating from ill-gotten wealth, alleging that he used church donations to pay for his lifestyle.<ref name="Inquirer">{{Cite web |date=November 21, 2021 |title=US Authorities Eye Seizure of Pastor Quiboloy's Assets |url=https://globalnation.inquirer.net/200454/us-authorities-eye-seizure-of-pastor-quiboloys-assets |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211121000120/https://globalnation.inquirer.net/200454/us-authorities-eye-seizure-of-pastor-quiboloys-assets |archive-date=November 21, 2021 |access-date=November 21, 2021 |website=Inquirer |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |url=https://www.insider.com/philippines-megachurch-leader-charged-with-sex-trafficking-children-2021-11 |title=A megachurch leader who calls himself 'The Appointed Son of God' threatened young girls with physical abuse and eternal damnation if they didn't have sex with him, prosecutors say |first=Rebecca |last=Cohen |website=Insider |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221211117/https://www.businessinsider.com/philippines-megachurch-leader-charged-with-sex-trafficking-children-2021-11 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/apollo-quiboloy-charged-sex-trafficking/ |title=Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, megachurch founder, charged with forcing women and girls into sex - The Washington Post |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=January 30, 2022 |archive-date=February 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201010721/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/19/apollo-quiboloy-charged-sex-trafficking/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom Of Jesus Christ Thy Name Above Every Name]] |
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* [[DXAQ-AM|Kingdom Radio]] |
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On February 5, 2022, the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] released a [[wanted poster]] for Quiboloy.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking/apollo-carreon-quiboloy |title=APOLLO CARREON QUIBOLOY - FBI |publisher=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |language=en |access-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-date=February 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205023629/https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking/apollo-carreon-quiboloy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/police-metro/2022/02/06/2158904/quiboloy-top-most-wanted-na-ng-fbi/amp/ |title=Quiboloy, 'top most wanted' na ng FBI |date=February 6, 2022 |publisher=[[Philippine Star]] |language=tl |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308114803/https://www.philstar.com/pang-masa/police-metro/2022/02/06/2158904/quiboloy-top-most-wanted-na-ng-fbi/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[KJC King Dome]] |
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* [[Pinas (Philippine newspaper)|Pinas The Filipino's Global Newspaper]] |
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As of August 2022,<ref name="DFAExtraditionAugust2022">{{Cite news |last=Quismorio |first=Ellson |title=DFA not afraid of Quiboloy's 'threats'; explains how extradition works |date=August 31, 2022 |work=[[Manila Bulletin]] |url=https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/31/dfa-not-afraid-of-quiboloys-threats-explains-how-extradition-works/ |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924071842/https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/31/dfa-not-afraid-of-quiboloys-threats-explains-how-extradition-works/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the Philippine [[Department of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)|Department of Foreign Affairs]] is still yet to receive an [[extradition]] request from the US Department of Justice. Once found to be sufficient, the request can then be endorsed to the Philippine [[Department of Justice (Philippines)|Department of Justice]].<ref name="ExtraditionYetToBegin">{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2022 |title=Extradition proceedings vs Quiboloy yet to begin |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/extradition-proceedings-apollo-quiboloy-yet-begin-march-2022/ |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816120128/https://www.rappler.com/nation/extradition-proceedings-apollo-quiboloy-yet-begin-march-2022/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[SMNI News Channel]] |
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* [[Sonshine Media Network International]] |
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On December 10, 2022, the [[United States Department of the Treasury|US Department of Treasury]] and [[United States Department of State|Department of State]] imposed sanctions on Quiboloy for gross human rights abuses and corruption. These sanctions come on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day and on the eve of International Human Rights Day, wherein the United States sanctioned up to 40 individuals and entities from nine different countries for corruption and human rights violations.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |author= |date=December 10, 2022 |title=US Treasury sanctions Quiboloy over human rights abuse |work=[[CNN Philippines]] |url=https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/10/Apollo-Quiboloy-US-treasury-sanctions.html |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211051816/https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2022/12/10/Apollo-Quiboloy-US-treasury-sanctions.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=December 10, 2022 |title=US imposes sanctions on Quiboloy for 'serious human rights abuse' |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/united-states-imposes-sanctions-quiboloy-serious-human-rights-abuse/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211082556/https://www.rappler.com/nation/united-states-imposes-sanctions-quiboloy-serious-human-rights-abuse/ |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US}}</ref> The sanctions were imposed based by [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2017-12-26/pdf/2017-27925.pdf Executive Order 13818] pursuant to the [[Magnitsky Act|US Global Magnitsky Act]]. Quiboloy is accused of being involved in the sexual abuse and human trafficking of young girls within his religious group.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rocamora |first=Joyce Ann |date=December 10, 2022 |title=US sanctions Quiboloy for 'serious human rights violations' |work=Philippine News Agency |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190488 |access-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211082603/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1190488 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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* [[Sonshine Sports Management]] |
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* [[DZAR|Sonshine Radio]] |
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The US imposed the following sanctions on Quiboloy.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
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* All properties and interests that are in the US or in possession of US persons are blocked and must be referred to the US’ treasury department. |
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* Any entities directly or indirectly owned, 50% or more are blocked. |
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* All transactions of US persons or within/transiting in the US that involve any of Quiboloy's property or interests in property are prohibited, unless authorized. |
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* Making or receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for Quiboloy's benefit are also prohibited. |
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On March 1, 2024, [[Terry J. Hatter Jr.]] ordered the unsealing of the [[arrest warrant]]s requested by the [[United States Department of Justice Criminal Division]] against Quiboloy as first step in the [[extradition]] process initiation.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Llavanes |first1=Dave |title=California judge orders unsealing of arrest warrant vs Quiboloy|url= https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/899753/california-judge-orders-unsealing-of-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy/story/|accessdate=March 7, 2024 |publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]] |date=March 7, 2024}}</ref> |
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Quiboloy's assets in the United States are sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] (OFAC) on December 10, 2022<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" /> after the OFAC imposed more than 40 individuals and entities for corruption and human rights abuses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Treasury Sanctions Over 40 Individuals and Entities Across Nine Countries Connected to Corruption and Human Rights Abuse |url=https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1155 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222165236/https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1155 |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=March 27, 2024 |website=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}</ref> |
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====Philippine Senate inquiry contempt order==== |
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On February 21, 2024, Quiboloy, in an almost 40-minute audio recording, claimed that the US, President Bongbong Marcos, and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos conspired in a plot to assassinate him, prompting him to go into hiding for his safety. Quiboloy said the [[FBI]] had placed a $2 million bounty on him, that his reputation was being maliciously tarnished, and that he was being persecuted because of his relationship with the Duterte family. Senator Risa Hontiveros responded by saying Quiboloy should "stop [[Playing the victim|playing a victim]]" and "simply to face the allegations in the legal process" or face arrest; meanwhile, the US Embassy in the Philippines said it was confident Quiboloy will "face justice for his heinous crimes".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garner |first1=Jom |title=Quiboloy alleges U.S., Marcos plot |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2024/02/21/quiboloy-alleges-us-marcos-plot |access-date=February 22, 2024 |work=[[Daily Tribune (Philippines)|Daily Tribune]] |date=February 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240222100722/https://tribune.net.ph/2024/02/21/quiboloy-alleges-us-marcos-plot |archive-date=February 22, 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Supporters of Quiboloy held a protest at [[Liwasang Bonifacio]] on March 4, holding placards bearing the messages "Justice for Pastor Apollo", "Resign Risa Hontiveros", "Restore Freedom of Expression", and "Stop Human Rights Abuses".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Calucin |first1=Diann Ivy C. |title=IPs gather, rally at Liwasang Bonifacio to support Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/4/i-ps-gather-rally-at-liwasang-bonifacio-to-support-apollo-quiboloy?fbclid=IwAR2oRlyPqgwVThMNLVundxTb_Y9y5GLFsBfJKu1uyglGMwn60J-HQxPzPB8 |access-date=7 March 2024 |work=[[Manila Bulletin]] |date=March 4, 2024 |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133157/https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/4/i-ps-gather-rally-at-liwasang-bonifacio-to-support-apollo-quiboloy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mangaluz |first1=Jean |title=Quiboloy's supporters hold protest at Liwasang Bonifacio |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1913771/quiboloys-supporters-hold-protest-at-liwasang-bonifacio |access-date=7 March 2024 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=4 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240304120926/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1913771/quiboloys-supporters-hold-protest-at-liwasang-bonifacio |archive-date=4 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> On March 5, Senator [[Risa Hontiveros]], chair of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, cited Quiboloy in contempt "for his refusal to be sworn or to testify" before [[Philippine Senate hearing on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ|an ongoing Senate investigation]] of alleged crimes within Quiboloy's organization; Hontiveros further requested the Senate President to order his arrest so that Quiboloy "may be brought to testify".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peralta-Malonzo |first1=Third Anne |title=Senate panel cites Quiboloy in contempt |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/senate-panel-cites-quiboloy-in-contempt |access-date=7 March 2024 |work=[[SunStar]] |date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305065804/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/senate-panel-cites-quiboloy-in-contempt |archive-date=5 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Senator [[Robin Padilla]] moved to block the arrest order, describing Quiboloy "as a hero and a victim" for fighting the [[New Peoples Army]];<ref>{{cite news |last1=Abarca |first1=Charie |title=Robin Padilla sees Quiboloy as hero and victim: 'He fought the NPA' |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1915615/robin-padilla-sees-quiboloy-as-a-hero-and-a-victim-he-fought-the-npa |access-date=7 March 2024 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307200303/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1915615/robin-padilla-sees-quiboloy-as-a-hero-and-a-victim-he-fought-the-npa |archive-date=7 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Padilla initiated a letter of objection to Quiboloy's arrest signed by him and three other Senators—[[Imee Marcos]], [[Cynthia Villar]], and [[Bong Go]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Peralta-Malonzo |first1=Third Anne |title=Ejercito withdraws signature from letter opposing Quiboloy's arrest |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/ejercito-withdraws-signature-from-letter-opposing-quiboloys-arrest |access-date=7 March 2024 |work=[[SunStar]] |date=7 March 2024 |language=en |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307201132/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/ejercito-withdraws-signature-from-letter-opposing-quiboloys-arrest |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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In early July 2024, a {{Philippine peso}}10 million [[Bounty (reward)|bounty]] was offered by the [[Department of Interior and Local Government]] (DILG) for information that would lead to Quiboloy's arrest. Quiboloy's lawyer, [[Ferdinand Topacio]], questioned the bounty as it came from anonymous private persons, whose identities the DILG refused to disclosed.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parungao |first1=Adrian |title=Topacio: P10M bounty on Quiboloy 'wrong on so many levels' |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/583132/topacio-p10m-bounty-on-quiboloy-wrong-on-so-many-levels |access-date=11 July 2024 |work=[[Cebu Daily News]] |date=9 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710020639/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/583132/topacio-p10m-bounty-on-quiboloy-wrong-on-so-many-levels |archive-date=10 July 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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====Philippine justice department case==== |
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On March 19, 2024, the DOJ filed child abuse and human trafficking charges against Quiboloy and co-accused Jackielyn W. Roy, Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Ingrid C. Canada, and Sylvia Cemane. The Information charged Quiboloy of Qualified Human Trafficking charges under Section 4 (a) of Republic Act No. 9208, the [[Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003]] as amended, before a Pasig court. The charges under Section 5(b) and Section 10(a) of Republic Act 7610, the "Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act" were also filed against Quiboloy before a Davao court. No [[bail]] was recommended for the charges.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casilao |first1=Joahna |title=Child abuse raps filed vs. Quiboloy, others |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/900994/child-abuse-raps-filed-vs-quiboloy-others/story/ |accessdate=March 19, 2024 |publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]] |date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133158/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/900994/child-abuse-raps-filed-vs-quiboloy-others/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The Davao Regional Trial Court Branch 12-Family Court, in an Order dated April 1, 2024 of Judge Dante Baguio, declined to defer the immediate implementation of an [[arrest warrant]] against Apollo Quiboloy and five others for child abuse and sexual abuse. On April 3, the NBI placed under its custody the 3 accused after having arrested Barangay Tamayong, District [[Calinan]] Chairman, Cresente Canada, while KOJC church associates Paulene Canada and Sylvia Cemañes voluntarily surrendered. The 3 were all freed after having posted P80,000 bail each.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pulta |first1=Benjamin |title=Davao family court orders Quiboloy's arrest |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1221939 |accessdate=April 3, 2024 |work=[[Philippine News Agency]] |date=April 3, 2024 |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403103835/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1221939 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Herbie |title=Quiboloy aide arrested, 2 others surrender |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/quiboloy-aide-arrested-others-surrender/ |accessdate=April 3, 2024 |publisher=[[Rappler]] |date=April 3, 2024 |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133152/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/quiboloy-aide-arrested-others-surrender/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Accordingly, the [[Davao City]] Police forthwith served the arrest warrants against Quiboloy and his co-accused. "The Officers went to the KOJC headquarters to serve the warrant," Davao Region Police Director PBGen. Alden B. Delvo, PRO 11 said.<ref>{{cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Davao police serve arrest warrant vs Quiboloy, co-accused in sex, child abuse cases|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/davao-police-serve-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy-co-accused-in-sex-child-abuse-cases-1555|accessdate=April 3, 2024|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs]]|date=April 3, 2024|archive-date=April 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403105218/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/davao-police-serve-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy-co-accused-in-sex-child-abuse-cases-1555|url-status=live}}</ref> The NBI would consider Quiboloy as a fugitive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wanted fugitive: Quiboloy is now considered one in PH |url=https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/566338/wanted-fugitive-quiboloy-is-now-considered-one-in-ph |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=Cebu Daily News |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=5 April 2024 |archive-date=April 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405011843/https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/566338/wanted-fugitive-quiboloy-is-now-considered-one-in-ph |url-status=live }}</ref> On April 4, Jackielyn Roy and Ingrid Canada, the personal assistants of Quiboloy surrendered to the NBI and were freed after having posted P80,000 bail each.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bordey |first1=Hana |title=2 of Quiboloy's personal assistants surrender to NBI |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/902593/2-of-quiboloy-s-personal-assistants-surrendered-to-nbi/story/ |accessdate=April 5, 2024 |publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]] |date=April 5, 2024 |archive-date=July 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717204730/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/902593/2-of-quiboloy-s-personal-assistants-surrendered-to-nbi/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Supreme Court of the Philippines]]' Second Division granted DOJ's April 4 petition for [[change of venue]] to avoid [[miscarriage of justice]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://tutubi.ph/quiboloy-cases-justice-will-roll-for-both-sides-as-it-is-on-the-right-course-after-his-arrest/|title=Quiboloy case: Justice will roll for both sides as it is on the right course after his arrest|last=Alviar |first=DC|website=Tutubi.ph|date=September 10, 2024|accessdate=October 23, 2024}}</ref> It ordered Davao City RTC Branch 12 Clerk of Court to deliver court case records to the Office of the Executive Judge of the RTC, QC RTC for raffle.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casilao |first1=Johanna |title=SC allows transfer of Quiboloy cases from Davao to QC |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908236/sc-allows-transfer-of-quiboloy-cases-in-davao-to-qc/story/ |accessdate=May 28, 2024 |publisher=[[GMA Integrated News]] |date=May 28, 2024 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528085320/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/908236/sc-allows-transfer-of-quiboloy-cases-in-davao-to-qc/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On April 11, Pasig Regional Trial Court, Branch 159 Acting Presiding Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa issued a warrant of arrest against Quiboloy, Jackielyn Roy, Sylvia Cemañes, Cresente, Paulene, and Ingrid Canada for violations of Section 4 (a) of [[Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003]]. Lawyer Israelito Torreon said “he still in the Philippine territory and they would file the [[motion to quash]]” forthwith. Marcos Jr. said that "Quiboloy’s surrender conditions were a [[Wag the dog|tail-wagging-the-dog]] situation, but also assured Quiboloy that the government would “exercise all the compassion” to him.<ref>{{cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Quiboloy camp moves to void warrant for his arrest|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/11/quiboloy-camp-moves-to-void-warrant-for-his-arrest-835|accessdate=April 11, 2024|publisher=[[ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs]]|date=April 11, 2024|archive-date=April 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240411025949/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/11/quiboloy-camp-moves-to-void-warrant-for-his-arrest-835|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Torres-Tupas |first1=Tetch |title=Quiboloy arrest ordered, this time for qualified human smuggling |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1928832/quiboloy-arrest-ordered-for-qualified-human-trafficking |accessdate=April 11, 2024 |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=April 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726155838/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1928832/quiboloy-arrest-ordered-for-qualified-human-trafficking |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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====Arrest==== |
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{{main|Arrest of Apollo Quiboloy}} |
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[[File:PNP Quiboloy Wanted Poster.jpg|thumb|Apollo Quiboloy's wanted poster issued by the Philippine National Police for his cases in the Philippines<ref name=PNP_Wanted>{{cite news |title=LOOK: PNP releases 'wanted' posters for Quiboloy, co-accused|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/8/look-pnp-releases-wanted-posters-for-quiboloy-co-accused-1911|access-date=September 29, 2024 |work=ABS-CBN News|date=July 8, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>]] |
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[[File:Apollo Quiboloy mugshot.jpg|thumb|Official mugshot of Quiboloy, released by Interior and Local Government Secretary [[Benjamin Abalos Jr.]]]] |
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On June 10, 2024, the [[Criminal Investigation and Detection Group]] and about 100 police officers of the [[Philippine National Police]]-[[Special Action Force]] raided Quiboloy's properties to serve him an arrest warrant. The raided properties were the [[KOJC Dome]] at [[Districts of Davao City|Buhangin District]] at 4 a.m., including Quiboloy's Glory Mountain and Prayer Mountain in Barabgat Tamayong and KJC compound in Lanang at 8 a.m.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Lacorte |first1= Germelina |title= Arresting cops visit 3 Quiboloy properties but can't find him |url= https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1950039/polices-latest-attempt-to-arrest-quiboloy-in-3-of-his-properties-fails |accessdate= June 10, 2024 |publisher= [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date= June 10, 2024 |archive-date= September 8, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240908133157/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1950039/polices-latest-attempt-to-arrest-quiboloy-in-3-of-his-properties-fails |url-status= live }}</ref> Quiboloy's counsel agreed to the third and latest service of three [[arrest warrant]]s upon him and five accused.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Argosino |first1=Faith |title=100 cops storm Quiboloy's home to arrest him but he's not found |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1949961/100-cops-storm-through-kingdom-of-jesus-christ-compount-in-davao-city |accessdate=June 10, 2024 |publisher=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=June 10, 2024 |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611022239/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1949961/100-cops-storm-through-kingdom-of-jesus-christ-compount-in-davao-city |url-status=live }}</ref> KJC members protested at the raid and expressed shock at the presence of "the police and military in full battle gear".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Porras |first1=Karl Bryan |title=Police raids fail to arrest Pastor Quiboloy at KOJC compounds |url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/police-raids-fail-to-arrest-pastor-quibology-at-kojc-compounds |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[SunStar]] |date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610070612/https://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/police-raids-fail-to-arrest-pastor-quibology-at-kojc-compounds |archive-date=10 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> However, Davao PR 11–PIO chief Major Catherine Dela Rey, in an [[autopatch]] explained that "Quiboloy and the other subjects were not found."<ref>{{cite news|last1= Baroña|first1= Franco Jose|title= Police serve arrest warrant vs Quiboloy|url= https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/06/10/news/police-serve-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy/1950789|accessdate= June 10, 2024|publisher= [[The Manila Times]]|date= June 10, 2024|archive-date= June 10, 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240610045501/https://www.manilatimes.net/2024/06/10/news/police-serve-arrest-warrant-vs-quiboloy/1950789|url-status= live}}</ref> The raiding forces destroyed the KOJC compound main gate, while two KOJC members were injured and five people carrying [[bolo knife|bolo]]s were arrested.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cayon |first1=Manuel |title=Cops raid 5 sites in Davao, Quiboloy not found |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/06/10/cops-raid-5-sites-in-davao-quiboloy-not-found/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |work=[[BusinessMirror]] |date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610145237/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2024/06/10/cops-raid-5-sites-in-davao-quiboloy-not-found/ |archive-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> The raids were condemned by former President Duterte, who described the implementation of the arrest warrants as "excessive and unnecessary force" and "overkill".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Argosino |first1=Faith |title='Excessive, unnecessary force' used in bid to get Quiboloy – Ex-Pres. Duterte |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1950502/excessive-unnecessary-force-used-in-bid-to-get-quiboloy-ex-pres-duterte#ixzz8cpbITUUt |access-date=11 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611141026/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1950502/excessive-unnecessary-force-used-in-bid-to-get-quiboloy-ex-pres-duterte |archive-date=11 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> A resolution was later filed by Senator [[Robin Padilla]] asking the Senate to probe the police's alleged use of "unnecessary and excessive force" during the raids.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bordey |first1=Hana |title=Senate probe on PNP's 'excessive use of force' in serving warrants vs. Quiboloy sought |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/910402/quiboloy-pnp-search-senate-probe/story/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |work=[[GMA News Online]] |date=18 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619013749/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/910402/quiboloy-pnp-search-senate-probe/story/ |archive-date=19 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref> |
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Police operations in the compound continued until September 8, 2024, when Quiboloy was apprehended in Davao City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Argosino |first=Faith |date=September 8, 2024 |title=Apollo Quiboloy has been arrested – DILG chief Abalos |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1981164/apollo-quiboloy-has-been-arrested-dilg-chief-abalos/ |work=[[Inquirer.net]] |location= |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gomez |first=Herbie |date=September 8, 2024 |title=Police capture Apollo Quiboloy |url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/apollo-quiboloy-arrested/ |work=[[Rappler]] |location= |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> The [[Philippine National Police]] later said that Quiboloy surrendered to the Intelligence Service of the [[Armed Forces of the Philippines]] following a 24-hour ultimatum issued by the PNP. Quiboloy was taken to Metro Manila and detained at PNP headquarters in [[Camp Crame]], [[Quezon City]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cabuenas |first=Jon Viktor |date=September 8, 2024 |title=Quiboloy surrendered after PNP issued 24-hour ultimatum |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/919754/quiboloy-surrendered-after-pnp-issued-24-hour-ultimatum/story/ |work=[[GMA News]] |location= |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> On September 9, Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 106 ordered the transfer of Quiboloy and co-accused Cresente Canada to the [[Quezon City Jail|New Quezon City Jail]] in [[Payatas]] and announced that their arraignment and pre-trial conference would be held on September 19.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/09/10/2384247/quiboloy-be-transferred-quezon-city-jail|title=Quiboloy to be transferred to Quezon City jail|first=Ian|last=Laqui|website=Philstar.com|date=September 10, 2024|accessdate=September 10, 2024}}</ref> However, he remains detained in Camp Crame, while his four co-accused were transferred to the [[Pasig]] City Jail.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1233826|title='Ex-member' of Quiboloy's Angels of Death now in PNP custody|first=Christopher Lloyd|last=Caliwan|date=September 20, 2024|accessdate=September 21, 2024|work=[[Philippine News Agency]]}}</ref> The Pasig Court granted Quiboloy's petition for a [[Prison furlough|medical furlough]] from November 8-16 at the [[Philippine Heart Center]] after suffering [[chest pain]], [[arrhythmia]] and [[atrial fibrillation]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= Caliwan|first1=Christopher Lloyd |title=Quiboloy hospitalized for irregular heartbeat|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1237567|accessdate=November 12, 2024 |work= [[Philippine News Agency]]|date=November 11, 2024}}</ref> The court extended the furlough until November 27 due to dental issues including [[infection|infected]] [[dental implant]] which affected his [[jaw]].<ref>{{cite news |last1= Bolledo|first1= Jairo|title=Pasig City court extends Apollo Quiboloy's medical furlough|url=https://www.rappler.com/philippines/pasig-city-court-extends-apollo-quiboloys-medical-furlough/ |accessdate=November 22, 2024 |work= [[Rappler]]|date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> |
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===Complaints filed by Quiboloy and KJC members=== |
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====Against Rappler, et al==== |
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In December 2021, [[Rappler]] published series of articles detailing accusations against Quiboloy including sexual abuse, trafficking and fraud.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/22/cyber-libel-raps-vs-rappler-journalists-whistleblowers-in-cdo-junked |title=CDO prosecutors junk Quiboloy follower cyber libel raps vs Rappler, et al |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=April 5, 2022 |access-date=April 28, 2022 |archive-date=April 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220429015811/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/22/cyber-libel-raps-vs-rappler-journalists-whistleblowers-in-cdo-junked |url-status=live }}</ref> In connection with these, since January 2022, [[Kingdom of Jesus Christ (church)|Kingdom of Jesus Christ]] officials filed a total of 53 counts of cyber libel against Rappler and its four journalists, and four resource persons including an [[Ateneo de Manila University]] professor and three former KJC members who turned as whistleblowers, before the City Prosecutor's offices in various cities in [[Mindanao]], particularly in [[Cagayan de Oro]] (7 counts), [[Davao City]] (28), [[General Santos]] (7), [[Ozamiz]] (7) and [[Panabo]] (4); all were dismissed for lack of probable cause with those filed in Davao City the last to be dismissed in May.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2022/06/53-counts-of-libel-vs-rappler-in-5-mindanao-cities-all-dismissed-for-lack-of-probable-cause/ |title=53 counts of libel vs Rappler in 5 Mindanao cities all dismissed for "lack of probable cause" |work=MindaNews |date=June 26, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228120329/https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2022/06/53-counts-of-libel-vs-rappler-in-5-mindanao-cities-all-dismissed-for-lack-of-probable-cause/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/quiboloy-workers-file-dozen-cyber-libel-complaints-against-rappler/ |title=Quiboloy workers file a dozen cyber libel complaints vs Rappler |work=[[Rappler]] |date=March 4, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227125329/https://www.rappler.com/nation/quiboloy-workers-file-dozen-cyber-libel-complaints-against-rappler/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/davao-prosecutors-trash-cyber-libel-complaints-quiboloy-group/ |title=Davao prosecutors trash Quiboloy-related cyber libel complaints vs Rappler |work=[[Rappler]] |date=June 23, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227175619/https://www.rappler.com/nation/davao-prosecutors-trash-cyber-libel-complaints-quiboloy-group/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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====Against Manny Pacquiao==== |
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Then senator and presidential candidate [[Manny Pacquiao]] cited charges of sexual abuse against Quiboloy as his reason for turning down an invitation for a presidential debate that was organized by the latter in February 2022. This was the subject of a cyber libel complaint filed by Quiboloy against Pacquiao, which was dismissed by [[Davao City]] prosecutors in September, stating the complainant's failure to present supporting evidence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/davao-prosecutors-trash-quiboloy-cyber-libel-complaint-pacquiao/ |title=Davao prosecutors trash Quiboloy cyber libel complaint vs Pacquiao |work=[[Rappler]] |date=October 16, 2022 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=December 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227164959/https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/davao-prosecutors-trash-quiboloy-cyber-libel-complaint-pacquiao/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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===Social media bans=== |
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On June 21, 2023, the video-sharing platform [[YouTube]] terminated Quiboloy's channel due to an alleged community guidelines violation.<ref>{{cite news |last=Panti |first=Llanesca |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/873558/quiboloy-s-youtube-channel-removed-over-alleged-violation/story/ |title=Quiboloy's YouTube channel removed over alleged violation |work=[[GMA News Online]] |date=June 21, 2023 |access-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621071947/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/873558/quiboloy-s-youtube-channel-removed-over-alleged-violation/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This was later followed by similar bans on several other accounts owned and/or affiliated with Quiboloy, such as the SMNI News and Kingdom of Jesus Christ channels, which were also terminated on July 7.<ref name="YTQui">{{cite news |last=Gonzales |first=Gelo |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/youtube-terminates-smni-news-kojc-channels-compliance-us-sanctions-laws/ |title=YouTube terminates SMNI News, KOJC channels in 'compliance with US sanctions laws' |work=[[Rappler]] |date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707122645/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/youtube-terminates-smni-news-kojc-channels-compliance-us-sanctions-laws/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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The termination of Quiboloy's channels occurred following a tweet made by Mutahar Anas, a popular gaming YouTuber known as SomeOrdinaryGamers, tagging YouTube's support account on [[Twitter]] and bringing attention to the FBI's arrest warrant for Quiboloy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 21, 2023 |title=Quiboloy YouTube channel terminated, triggered by game vlogger's mention of FBI warrant |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/apollo-quiboloy-youtube-channel-terminated-mutahar-tweet-fbi-warrant/ |access-date=June 21, 2023 |work=[[Rappler]] |archive-date=June 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621151124/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/apollo-quiboloy-youtube-channel-terminated-mutahar-tweet-fbi-warrant/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Google]], in their later statements, said that these actions were in compliance with existing sanctions by the [[United States]] against Quiboloy.<ref name="YTQui" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ombay |first=Giselle |date=June 22, 2023 |title=YouTube takedown nothing new, says Quiboloy |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/873709/youtube-takedown-nothing-new-says-quiboloy/story/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |work=[[GMA News Online]] |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706040601/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/873709/youtube-takedown-nothing-new-says-quiboloy/story/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy, not being upset by the termination, said in an interview by his own media network that he is "bulletproof" from his detractors including US authorities whom he accused of "political and religious persecution".<ref>{{cite news |last=Suelto |first=Diana Lhyd |title=Quiboloy on YouTube takedown: I'm bulletproof |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/06/24/2276232/quiboloy-youtube-takedown-im-bulletproof |access-date=July 1, 2023 |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701101407/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/06/24/2276232/quiboloy-youtube-takedown-im-bulletproof |url-status=live }}</ref> Quiboloy and SMNI later created accounts on the [[alt-tech]] video service [[Rumble (company)|Rumble]]<ref name="mateo">{{Cite news |last=Mateo |first=Janvic |title=YouTube removes other channels affiliated with Quiboloy |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/08/2279464/youtube-removes-other-channels-affiliated-quiboloy |access-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708022345/https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/07/08/2279464/youtube-removes-other-channels-affiliated-quiboloy |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as an [[Sock puppet account|alternate account]] for SMNI on YouTube in defiance of the sanctions;<ref name="smniback">{{Cite news |last=Cua |first=Aric John Sy |date=July 8, 2023 |title=SMNI News channel back on YouTube |language=en |work=[[The Manila Times]] |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/08/news/smni-news-channel-back-on-youtube/1899693 |access-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708060348/https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/08/news/smni-news-channel-back-on-youtube/1899693 |url-status=live }}</ref> the latter account was suspended by YouTube a few days later.<ref name="Cua">{{Cite news |last=Cua |first=Aric John Sy |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Up again, down again: YouTube drops SMNI news for second time |language=en |url=https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/11/news/up-again-down-again-youtubedrops-smni-news-for-second-time/1900115 |access-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-date=July 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711090219/https://www.manilatimes.net/2023/07/11/news/up-again-down-again-youtubedrops-smni-news-for-second-time/1900115 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Also in July, [[China]]-based video-sharing service [[TikTok]] – also complying with US sanctions – banned Quiboloy's account.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 5, 2023 |title=TikTok Philippines affirms Quiboloy ban due to 'current US sanctions' |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/tiktok-philippines-affirms-quiboloy-ban-united-states-sanctions/ |access-date=July 6, 2023 |work=[[Rappler]] |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706040603/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/tiktok-philippines-affirms-quiboloy-ban-united-states-sanctions/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Escudero |first=Christa |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/tiktok-apollo-quiboloy-account-banned/ |title=A TikTok account of Apollo Quiboloy banned |work=[[Rappler]] |date=July 5, 2023 |access-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-date=July 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706012052/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/tiktok-apollo-quiboloy-account-banned/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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On August 17, Quiboloy's accounts on [[Meta Platforms|Meta]]-owned social media platforms [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]] were banned following a complaint from an anonymous source.<ref name="Baizas">{{Cite news |last=Baizas |first=Gaby |date=August 17, 2023 |title=Apollo Quiboloy's official Facebook page deleted, Instagram account unavailable |language=en-US |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/apollo-quiboloy-official-facebook-page-deleted-instagram-account-unavailable/ |access-date=August 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819205514/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/apollo-quiboloy-official-facebook-page-deleted-instagram-account-unavailable/ |archive-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref> Meta later clarified in a statement with ''Rappler'' that the ban was due to the "Dangerous Organizations and Individuals" policy as outlined in their terms of service, which also extends to third parties showing support or representation of Quiboloy and any organizations associated with him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gonzales |first=Angelo |date=September 4, 2023 |title=Meta says Quiboloy Facebook removal due to violations on dangerous individuals policy |language=en-US |work=[[Rappler]] |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/meta-quiboloy-facebook-removal-violations-dangerous-individuals-policy/ |access-date=September 11, 2023 |archive-date=September 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906170148/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/meta-quiboloy-facebook-removal-violations-dangerous-individuals-policy/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 15, 2023, the SMNI News' Facebook page was deleted, in accordance to Meta's Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baizas |first=Gaby |date=September 15, 2023 |title=SMNI News Facebook page disappears |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/smni-news-facebook-page-unavailable-september-2023/ |access-date=September 15, 2023 |website=RAPPLER |language=en-US |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916225411/https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/smni-news-facebook-page-unavailable-september-2023/ |url-status=live }}</ref> sockpuppet accounts representing SMNI are still in operation as of 2024, to which the Philippine National Police urged Facebook and YouTube to take down.<ref name="Casilao">{{Cite news |last=Casilao |first=Joahna Lei |date=2024-10-23 |title=PNP asks YouTube, FB to take down SMNI page |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/924682/pnp-asks-youtube-fb-to-take-down-smni-page/story/ |access-date=2024-11-29 |work=[[GMA News]] |language=en}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 9 December 2024
Apollo Quiboloy | |
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Born | Apollo Carreon Quiboloy April 25, 1950 Dumanlas, Buhangin, Davao City, Philippines |
Nationality | Filipino |
Other names | PACQ, ACQ |
Occupation | Pastor |
Criminal status | Incarcerated at Pasig City Jail[1] |
Title | Appointed Son of God; Owner of the Universe[2] |
Religious life | |
Religion | Christianity |
Denomination | Restorationist |
Church | United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines (former) Kingdom of Jesus Christ |
Founder of | Kingdom of Jesus Christ |
Senior posting | |
Post | Executive Pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ |
Period in office | 1985–2022 |
Predecessor | Position established |
Successor | Marlon Acobo[3] |
Website | www |
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy (locally [kɪboˈlɔɪ]; born April 25, 1950)[a] is a Filipino pastor and the leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC or KJC), a Restorationist church based in the Philippines.[6][7] He founded the KOJC in 1985, proclaiming himself the "Appointed Son of God" and the "Owner of the Universe".[8][9]
Quiboloy is notable for founding the broadcasting network Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI) and gained further recognition for his close ties with the 16th Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte.[9][10][11]
Quiboloy is currently on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's wanted list[12] after the Central District of California indicted him and his accomplices for various crimes, including sex[13][14] and human trafficking,[15] marriage fraud, coercion, money laundering, cash smuggling, and other charges.[16][17] After refusing to cooperate with Philippine government inquiries into the alleged human rights violations,[18] the Senate of the Philippines issued an arrest warrant on March 19, 2024,[19][20][21] and the Department of the Interior and Local Government offered a ₱10,000,000 (US$170,770) bounty for information leading to Quiboloy's arrest on July 8, 2024.[22][23] Quiboloy was arrested by the authorities on September 8, 2024.[24]
Early life
Apollo Carreon Quiboloy was born on April 25, 1950 in Davao City[25] to Kapampangan parents José Quiboloy y Turla and María Carreón y Sambat (born December 28, 1913).[26] The youngest out of nine children, his parents were natives from Lubao, before migrating after the Second World War to seek better work opportunities.[27][28][29]
Early religious involvement
Oneness Pentecostal and the UPCP
Quiboloy's father, José, was originally a Protestant and member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, before moving to Oneness Pentecostal with his four sons.[30] His family were locally known as pastor-leaders during the early years of the United Pentecostal Church of the Philippines (UPCP) in Davao.[31]
Apollo's sibling, Jose, later became the Assistant General Superintendent of the UPCP before moving for independent work at the Greater Manila area.[31] Apollo claims to have started experiencing spiritual visions at the age of 14, during a visit to Malungon, South Cotabato (now Sarangani).[32] According to his website, he envisioned encounters with the Lord and the earth being burnt in a bowl of fire.[30]
These visions also include captions such as "...the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come" and "If ye shall seek me ye shall find me in my way". Quiboloy would recall these visions as the Second Coming of Jesus.[30]
Career with UPCP as the "Preaching Machine"
Quiboloy never saw preaching as his future career, originally expressing desires to become a nautical engineer and pilot.[30] However, because of the benefits that came with Bible college including free board and meals, fully-paid tuition fees and a free boat ride to Manila, he continued to study theology[33] at the United Pentecostal Bible Institute (later the Apostolic Center for Theological Studies), graduating in 1972.[31][34]
He continued to preach for the UPCP after completing college and gained moniker as a "Preaching Machine".[30] On 1973, the UPCP nominated Quiboloy to represent them at the International Youth Corps World Conference held at Seoul, South Korea.[30] The denomination would also elect Quiboloy as UPCP's national youth president in 1974.[31]
Conflict with UPCP and founding of KOJC
After involving himself with another preacher named "Major Sanchez",[32] Apollo was disfellowshipped by the UPCP in 1979. According to church documents, Sanchez was recently placed out-of-bounds by other pastors in Davao. Quiboloy later re-applied and expressed sorrow. He was accepted back in 1980.[31]
Upon returning in 1980, Quiboloy was reassigned to preach at the Agdao church to slowly regain reputation to his church. However, he was investigated by the UPCP board again in 1985 after he introduced unorthodox ideals and inducing hate to neighboring pastors. According to documentation, Quiboloy told his followers on one occasion that other UPCP pastors are 'unqualified' and 'ignorant'.[31] On September 1, 1985—before a scheduled meeting with UPCP's district board—Quiboloy would vacate the Agdao church with several followers to assemble his new denomination, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name.[30][31]
Kingdom of Jesus Christ
Quiboloy founded the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name (also known as KOJC or KJC) on September 1, 1985[35] and appointed himself as leader and Executive Pastor. He started preaching at the slums of Villamor, Agdao with 15 members[31] and received critical comments due to his claims on being the "Appointed Son of God".[36][37][38] Their main cathedral is beside Francisco Bangoy International Airport just along the Carlos P. Garcia National Highway in Buhangin, Davao City.
Their church followers would refer to themselves as the "Kingdom Nation". The church claims to have around 4 million followers within the Philippines and over 2 million in other territories.[39] Their schedule on weekdays involves members hosting bible sessions and prayer services. Another event, titled Sounds of Worship is held every Sundays online[40] and at their main cathedral in Buhangin, Davao City.
Divinity claims
Quiboloy is known for claiming possession of divinity such as 'stopping' the 2019 Cotabato earthquakes on his command. He'd would later tell that the public should thank him for the act.[41] He has publicly said that he did not do the same to stop the onslaught of Typhoon Kammuri (Tisoy) in response to those critical of his earlier claim in stopping the Cotabato earthquakes.[42]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Quiboloy claimed on his YouTube channel that the emergence of the Omicron variant is caused by his prosecution from the US and the negative criticism from the public. He claimed that the virus will stop if freed from his active charges.[43]
Involvement with other related organizations
Jose Maria College
Quiboloy later founded the Jose Maria College in 2000 naming the institution after his parents.[29][44][45] They are currently offering more than 30 programmes from basic, grade-school education, specialised Medicine[46] and Law[47] programmes, to TESDA-accredited vocational courses.
Swara Sug Network Corporation
Under Quiboloy's leadership, the church founded the Swara Sug Network Corporation (SSMC), famously known as the Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI). The network served as the KOJC's official media platform. Before establishing the SSMC, they would utilise agreements with local radio stations in Davao (DXDC and DXUM) to host their local programmes such as Pagsusi sa Kamatuoran ("Searching for Truth" or "Paghahanap ng Katotohanan") among others.
In 1991, they launched their first television program titled The Hour of Truth by utilising blocktime agreements with IBC and ABS-CBN stations throughout cities in Visayas and Mindanao.
Political involvement
Endorsements and affiliations
Quiboloy has supported Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's presidential campaign to earn a regular term in the 2004 election.[48] Arroyo became president in 2001 after Joseph Estrada was deposed in the Second EDSA Revolution.
Quiboloy endorsed the candidacy of Gilbert Teodoro for the 2010 Philippine presidential election.[49] Teodoro was the preferred candidate of the then-incumbent Arroyo administration. However Quiboloy would endorse Mar Roxas for the vice presidency and not Teodoro's running mate Edu Manzano.[50] Teodoro finished fourth in the election with 4,095,839 votes (or 11.33%).[51] He remarked that he was disturbed by reports of fraud and cheating and wondered to whom did votes from his church go.[52]
Quiboloy is a close associate of Rodrigo Duterte.[53] In the 2016 elections, Quiboloy and the members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ endorsed the presidential candidacy of Davao City mayor Duterte and his running mate Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.[54][55] Quiboloy also lent his private jet and helicopter to be used in Duterte's presidential campaign.[56] Quiboloy also served as Duterte's spiritual adviser during his presidency.[57][58] Post-presidency, Duterte would serve as the administrator of the assets of the pastor's church amidst Quiboloy facing scrutiny from the Philippine government.[53]
In the 2022 elections, Quiboloy endorsed the candidacy of Bongbong Marcos who was running for president. He supported his vice presidential candidate, Sara Duterte as well.[59] Quiboloy's parents' loyal support for former President Ferdinand Marcos was a factor for the endorsement. Quiboloy at the time have been reportedly good friends with the Marcos family in general.[60] However following inquiries made by both houses of the Congress against him and SMNI, relations have deteriorated. In February 2024, Quiboloy alleged that President Marcos and First Lady Liza Marcos are conspiring with the United States to assassinate him.[61] However he has remained cordial with Senator Imee Marcos who insists the pastor has been kind to many people.[62]
2024 Senate electoral bid
In October 2024, Quiboloy filed his certificate of candidacy for the 2025 Philippine Senate election through his lawyer, Mark Tolentino. He is running under the Workers' and Peasants' Party (WPP).[63][64] However, the WPP's Sonny Matula denied signing Quiboloy's candidacy form.[65] On October 17, Matula filed a petition to disqualify Quiboloy's candidacy at the Commission on Elections on grounds of "material representation". In response, Quiboloy also filed a petition to have Matula and his entire senatorial slate disqualified on the same grounds.[66] On October 21, Quiboloy withdrew his representation of the WPP and formally ran as an independent candidate.[67]
Communist rebellion
Quiboloy has criticised the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People's Army, and the National Democratic Front (CPP–NPA–NDF) which forms a triumvirate which has been waging a communist rebellion against the Philippine government.[68][unreliable source?] Likewise, he has accused several political figures of being associated with or sympathizers of the CPP–NPA–NDF.[69][70] He also considered running for the 2022 presidential election, under an anti-communist platform which targeted rebels and alleged sympathizers.[71]
Controversies
Allegations of brainwashing by a former church member
Quiboloy and the Kingdom of Jesus Christ have been sued by a woman for allegedly brainwashing and holding her 19-year-old daughter, who joined the church in 2004, against her will.[72][73]
Dispute with the New People's Army
The New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has accused Quiboloy of being behind the massacre of K'lata-Bagobo leader Datu Domingo Diarog and his family on April 29, 2008, for allegedly refusing to sell 2 hectares (20,000 m2) of their property for ₱50,000 to Quiboloy and his sect.
The property is within the 700 hectares (7.0 km2) ancestral domain claimed by the Bagobo people in Tugbok and is adjacent to Quiboloy's walled "prayer mountain" in Tamayong.
Diarog's widow said followers of Quiboloy had threatened to evict them from the land and her relatives were even offered a ₱20,000 bounty for Diarog's head.[74]
Quiboloy, however, said the charges were "totally false and baseless, if not ridiculous."[75]
While Quiboloy has branded the rebels "mga anak ni Satanas" ("Satan's offspring"), the NPA has declared him a "warlord in the service of the Arroyo administration's policies against the peasants and indigenous peoples."[76][77]
Police investigator Ireneo Dalogdog, head of the Tugbok police office, said he had been receiving reports that Diarog was being harassed by armed men associated with Quiboloy, and that Diarog's farmhouse had earlier been razed three times.[74]
ABS-CBN shutdown
In November 2019, comedian Vice Ganda satirized Quiboloy's claims of stopping the series of earthquakes in Mindanao by exclaiming "Stop!" during an impromptu sketch in It's Showtime!. Vice sardonically challenged Quiboloy to also stop the country's longest running television series Ang Probinsyano, which had been aired on ABS-CBN for at least five years at that point.[78][79] Quiboloy accepted the challenge and declared that in four months, the whole network's operations would shut down as well.[80][81][82] On May 5, 2020, the National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN to cease its television and radio broadcasting operations after their 25-year broadcast franchise expired the previous day, and officially signed off at 7:52 pm local time the same day.[83] More than two months later, on July 10, 2020, the House of Representatives of the Philippines rejected the new ABS-CBN franchise bid after a 70–11 vote against it.[84][79][85] Following this, ABS-CBN shifted its news, radio, and entertainment operations into online platforms and other television networks. Ang Probinsyano released its series finale on August 12, 2022.[86]
Ongoing accusations, indictments, and sanctions
The prosecutors for the Central District of California indicted Quiboloy and top church administrators for conspiracy to conduct human and sex trafficking, money laundering, immigration fraud and other charges on November 11, 2021.[14][17] The prosecutors also alleges that followers were coerced by Apollo and administrators into soliciting funds at long hours with little to no pay.[87][88] Some followers were sexually and physically abused by Quiboloy and other church administrators, under the guise of avoiding 'eternal damnation'.[89]
Full-time workers
Some of KOJC's followers were assigned as 'full time workers' (FTW's) to help with fundraising activities nationwide and internationally. Some of these workers were coerced, forced, and physically abused by Quiboloy as well as the church administrators to strictly follow church rules and meet fundraising quotas.[90]
Full-time workers in North America
The highest-achieving full-time workers (workers that raised most funds in the Philippines) were nominated by church personnel to fundraise in North America. Apollo's administrators would falsify their visa applications, claiming that they're only travelling for church-related performances.[89] The administrators would also arrange sham marriages with other church followers in the US in order for the FTW's to continue soliciting funds in the United States.[91]
Upon arriving in the United States, church administrators would confiscate the workers' passports and coerce them into soliciting and fundraising. Lead administrators created non-profit entities such as the "Children's Joy Foundation USA" as their platform to fundraise. Full-time workers would claim that any funds raised are for helping impoverished children in the Philippines[92] but prosecutors allege that in reality, most or all of the raised money were used to fund Quiboloy and their administrator's lavish lifestyle.[93]
'Night duty' and pastorals
According to the indictment, some ladies were forced to "night duties", in which they were sexually abused by Quiboloy.[94][95] Prosecutors stated that they will also retrieve Quiboloy's US assets originating from ill-gotten wealth, alleging that he used church donations to pay for his lifestyle.[96][89][97]
On February 5, 2022, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released a wanted poster for Quiboloy.[12][98]
As of August 2022,[99] the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs is still yet to receive an extradition request from the US Department of Justice. Once found to be sufficient, the request can then be endorsed to the Philippine Department of Justice.[100]
On December 10, 2022, the US Department of Treasury and Department of State imposed sanctions on Quiboloy for gross human rights abuses and corruption. These sanctions come on the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day and on the eve of International Human Rights Day, wherein the United States sanctioned up to 40 individuals and entities from nine different countries for corruption and human rights violations.[101][102] The sanctions were imposed based by Executive Order 13818 pursuant to the US Global Magnitsky Act. Quiboloy is accused of being involved in the sexual abuse and human trafficking of young girls within his religious group.[103]
The US imposed the following sanctions on Quiboloy.[102][101]
- All properties and interests that are in the US or in possession of US persons are blocked and must be referred to the US’ treasury department.
- Any entities directly or indirectly owned, 50% or more are blocked.
- All transactions of US persons or within/transiting in the US that involve any of Quiboloy's property or interests in property are prohibited, unless authorized.
- Making or receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for Quiboloy's benefit are also prohibited.
On March 1, 2024, Terry J. Hatter Jr. ordered the unsealing of the arrest warrants requested by the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division against Quiboloy as first step in the extradition process initiation.[104]
Quiboloy's assets in the United States are sanctioned by the US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on December 10, 2022[101][102] after the OFAC imposed more than 40 individuals and entities for corruption and human rights abuses.[105]
Philippine Senate inquiry contempt order
On February 21, 2024, Quiboloy, in an almost 40-minute audio recording, claimed that the US, President Bongbong Marcos, and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos conspired in a plot to assassinate him, prompting him to go into hiding for his safety. Quiboloy said the FBI had placed a $2 million bounty on him, that his reputation was being maliciously tarnished, and that he was being persecuted because of his relationship with the Duterte family. Senator Risa Hontiveros responded by saying Quiboloy should "stop playing a victim" and "simply to face the allegations in the legal process" or face arrest; meanwhile, the US Embassy in the Philippines said it was confident Quiboloy will "face justice for his heinous crimes".[106] Supporters of Quiboloy held a protest at Liwasang Bonifacio on March 4, holding placards bearing the messages "Justice for Pastor Apollo", "Resign Risa Hontiveros", "Restore Freedom of Expression", and "Stop Human Rights Abuses".[107][108] On March 5, Senator Risa Hontiveros, chair of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, cited Quiboloy in contempt "for his refusal to be sworn or to testify" before an ongoing Senate investigation of alleged crimes within Quiboloy's organization; Hontiveros further requested the Senate President to order his arrest so that Quiboloy "may be brought to testify".[109] Senator Robin Padilla moved to block the arrest order, describing Quiboloy "as a hero and a victim" for fighting the New Peoples Army;[110] Padilla initiated a letter of objection to Quiboloy's arrest signed by him and three other Senators—Imee Marcos, Cynthia Villar, and Bong Go.[111]
In early July 2024, a ₱10 million bounty was offered by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for information that would lead to Quiboloy's arrest. Quiboloy's lawyer, Ferdinand Topacio, questioned the bounty as it came from anonymous private persons, whose identities the DILG refused to disclosed.[112]
Philippine justice department case
On March 19, 2024, the DOJ filed child abuse and human trafficking charges against Quiboloy and co-accused Jackielyn W. Roy, Cresente Canada, Paulene Canada, Ingrid C. Canada, and Sylvia Cemane. The Information charged Quiboloy of Qualified Human Trafficking charges under Section 4 (a) of Republic Act No. 9208, the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 as amended, before a Pasig court. The charges under Section 5(b) and Section 10(a) of Republic Act 7610, the "Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act" were also filed against Quiboloy before a Davao court. No bail was recommended for the charges.[113]
The Davao Regional Trial Court Branch 12-Family Court, in an Order dated April 1, 2024 of Judge Dante Baguio, declined to defer the immediate implementation of an arrest warrant against Apollo Quiboloy and five others for child abuse and sexual abuse. On April 3, the NBI placed under its custody the 3 accused after having arrested Barangay Tamayong, District Calinan Chairman, Cresente Canada, while KOJC church associates Paulene Canada and Sylvia Cemañes voluntarily surrendered. The 3 were all freed after having posted P80,000 bail each.[114][115] Accordingly, the Davao City Police forthwith served the arrest warrants against Quiboloy and his co-accused. "The Officers went to the KOJC headquarters to serve the warrant," Davao Region Police Director PBGen. Alden B. Delvo, PRO 11 said.[116] The NBI would consider Quiboloy as a fugitive.[117] On April 4, Jackielyn Roy and Ingrid Canada, the personal assistants of Quiboloy surrendered to the NBI and were freed after having posted P80,000 bail each.[118] The Supreme Court of the Philippines' Second Division granted DOJ's April 4 petition for change of venue to avoid miscarriage of justice.[119] It ordered Davao City RTC Branch 12 Clerk of Court to deliver court case records to the Office of the Executive Judge of the RTC, QC RTC for raffle.[120]
On April 11, Pasig Regional Trial Court, Branch 159 Acting Presiding Judge Rainelda Estacio-Montesa issued a warrant of arrest against Quiboloy, Jackielyn Roy, Sylvia Cemañes, Cresente, Paulene, and Ingrid Canada for violations of Section 4 (a) of Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003. Lawyer Israelito Torreon said “he still in the Philippine territory and they would file the motion to quash” forthwith. Marcos Jr. said that "Quiboloy’s surrender conditions were a tail-wagging-the-dog situation, but also assured Quiboloy that the government would “exercise all the compassion” to him.[121][122]
Arrest
On June 10, 2024, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and about 100 police officers of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force raided Quiboloy's properties to serve him an arrest warrant. The raided properties were the KOJC Dome at Buhangin District at 4 a.m., including Quiboloy's Glory Mountain and Prayer Mountain in Barabgat Tamayong and KJC compound in Lanang at 8 a.m.[124] Quiboloy's counsel agreed to the third and latest service of three arrest warrants upon him and five accused.[125] KJC members protested at the raid and expressed shock at the presence of "the police and military in full battle gear".[126] However, Davao PR 11–PIO chief Major Catherine Dela Rey, in an autopatch explained that "Quiboloy and the other subjects were not found."[127] The raiding forces destroyed the KOJC compound main gate, while two KOJC members were injured and five people carrying bolos were arrested.[128] The raids were condemned by former President Duterte, who described the implementation of the arrest warrants as "excessive and unnecessary force" and "overkill".[129] A resolution was later filed by Senator Robin Padilla asking the Senate to probe the police's alleged use of "unnecessary and excessive force" during the raids.[130]
Police operations in the compound continued until September 8, 2024, when Quiboloy was apprehended in Davao City.[131][132] The Philippine National Police later said that Quiboloy surrendered to the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines following a 24-hour ultimatum issued by the PNP. Quiboloy was taken to Metro Manila and detained at PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.[133] On September 9, Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 106 ordered the transfer of Quiboloy and co-accused Cresente Canada to the New Quezon City Jail in Payatas and announced that their arraignment and pre-trial conference would be held on September 19.[134] However, he remains detained in Camp Crame, while his four co-accused were transferred to the Pasig City Jail.[135] The Pasig Court granted Quiboloy's petition for a medical furlough from November 8-16 at the Philippine Heart Center after suffering chest pain, arrhythmia and atrial fibrillation.[136] The court extended the furlough until November 27 due to dental issues including infected dental implant which affected his jaw.[137]
Complaints filed by Quiboloy and KJC members
Against Rappler, et al
In December 2021, Rappler published series of articles detailing accusations against Quiboloy including sexual abuse, trafficking and fraud.[138] In connection with these, since January 2022, Kingdom of Jesus Christ officials filed a total of 53 counts of cyber libel against Rappler and its four journalists, and four resource persons including an Ateneo de Manila University professor and three former KJC members who turned as whistleblowers, before the City Prosecutor's offices in various cities in Mindanao, particularly in Cagayan de Oro (7 counts), Davao City (28), General Santos (7), Ozamiz (7) and Panabo (4); all were dismissed for lack of probable cause with those filed in Davao City the last to be dismissed in May.[139][140][141]
Against Manny Pacquiao
Then senator and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao cited charges of sexual abuse against Quiboloy as his reason for turning down an invitation for a presidential debate that was organized by the latter in February 2022. This was the subject of a cyber libel complaint filed by Quiboloy against Pacquiao, which was dismissed by Davao City prosecutors in September, stating the complainant's failure to present supporting evidence.[142]
Social media bans
On June 21, 2023, the video-sharing platform YouTube terminated Quiboloy's channel due to an alleged community guidelines violation.[143] This was later followed by similar bans on several other accounts owned and/or affiliated with Quiboloy, such as the SMNI News and Kingdom of Jesus Christ channels, which were also terminated on July 7.[144]
The termination of Quiboloy's channels occurred following a tweet made by Mutahar Anas, a popular gaming YouTuber known as SomeOrdinaryGamers, tagging YouTube's support account on Twitter and bringing attention to the FBI's arrest warrant for Quiboloy.[145] Google, in their later statements, said that these actions were in compliance with existing sanctions by the United States against Quiboloy.[144][146] Quiboloy, not being upset by the termination, said in an interview by his own media network that he is "bulletproof" from his detractors including US authorities whom he accused of "political and religious persecution".[147] Quiboloy and SMNI later created accounts on the alt-tech video service Rumble[148] as well as an alternate account for SMNI on YouTube in defiance of the sanctions;[149] the latter account was suspended by YouTube a few days later.[150]
Also in July, China-based video-sharing service TikTok – also complying with US sanctions – banned Quiboloy's account.[151][152]
On August 17, Quiboloy's accounts on Meta-owned social media platforms Facebook and Instagram were banned following a complaint from an anonymous source.[153] Meta later clarified in a statement with Rappler that the ban was due to the "Dangerous Organizations and Individuals" policy as outlined in their terms of service, which also extends to third parties showing support or representation of Quiboloy and any organizations associated with him.[154] On September 15, 2023, the SMNI News' Facebook page was deleted, in accordance to Meta's Dangerous Organizations and Individuals Policy;[155] sockpuppet accounts representing SMNI are still in operation as of 2024, to which the Philippine National Police urged Facebook and YouTube to take down.[156]
See also
Notes
- ^ The Federal Bureau of Investigation listed 1947 or 1950 as his birth year.[4] A post on the SMNI News Channel Facebook page lists Quiboloy's 71st birthday as April 27, 2021, thus Quiboloy was born in 1950.[5]
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