The Department of Justice on Sunday offered a general statement of support for the US government move to sanction 40 human rights violators in nine countries but was noncommittal on the specific case against Filipino pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, who-- READ:
human rights violators in nine countries but was noncommittal on the specific case against Filipino pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, who has been accused of the “systemic and pervasive rape of girls as young as 11.”
The OFAC announced the sanctions on Dec. 9 “in recognition of International Anti-Corruption Day and Human Rights Day.” “In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons, individually or in the aggregate unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt, OFAC’s regulations generally prohibit all transactions by US persons or within the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or otherwise blocked persons.
“Pastorals were directed to have ‘night duty,’ which required them to have sexual intercourse with Quiboloy on a determined schedule.“Quiboloy exploited his role within the KOJC to rape his victims and subject them to other physical abuse, describing these acts as sacrifices required by the Bible and by God for the victims’ salvation. The pastorals, who were mostly minors when initially abused by Quiboloy, were told by him to ‘offer your body as a living sacrifice.
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