Volume 3, Issue No. 33
OPINION/COMMENTARY
/ News That Fears None, Views That Favor Nobody /
. . . . . A community service of The Filipino Web Channel (TheFilipinoWebChannel@gmail. com) and the Philippine Village Voice (PhilVoiceNews@gmail.com) for the information and understanding of Filipinos and the diverse communities in North America and beyond . . . . . .
Our latest as of Monday, February 14, 2022
~ Can Divine Providence intercede for an "appointed son" facing charges of sex trafficking of children. bulk cash smuggling, among others, in the United States? The answer is we don't know. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warrant of arrest for Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed "appointed son of God", whose face and personal information have been circulated in a WANTED BY THE FBI poster. The faces and metrics of two of his aides - Teresita Tolibas Dandan and Helen Panilag - are likewise plastered on posters and distributed in the U.S. and the Philippines. The trio now duplicates in the FBI listing the notorious feat by Filipino-American serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan who had been in the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives after murdering international fashion designer Gianni Versace in 1997.
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WANTED BY THE F.B.I.
Apollo Quiboloy, the 'Appointed Son of God'
By ROMEO P. MARQUEZ
Editor, The Filipino Web Channel
“What is a 'false prophet'? Those who lie by attributing personal biases to divine source.” ―
Call me a skeptic but I keep wondering how God, in His infinite wisdom, would "appoint" (meaning designate) - not "anoint" (meaning make someone holy) - someone like Quiboloy and deputize him as His "son".
"Only the Son," the preacher says, "has the Access to the father" (sic) and quotes John 14:6 thus, "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life, no man goes to the Father but by Me" to justify it.
Whatever his claim is, it looks like his "appointment" has not deterred the Federal Bureau of Investigation from chasing after the flamboyant televangelist to answer charges ranging from sex trafficking of children, marriage fraud, money laundering, visa fraud, bulk cash smuggling, conspiracy, and sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion.
Philippine media are speculating that Quiboloy, one of the richest pastors in the country with a net worth estimated at between 50 to 100 million pesos, might be extradited to the U.S. to face his accusers.
But Philippine Justice Secretary Menardo Guevara has said the U.S. State Department would have to request it from the Department of Foreign Affairs which would review and endorse it to the Justice Department before the extradition process would commence.
Reached for comment, Nicole Navas, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington told The Filipino Web Channel on Sunday, February 13, that "As a matter of policy, the U.S. Department of Justice generally does not comment on extradition-related matters until a defendant is in the United States.”
Quiboloy's lawyers said in published reports that they were ready to defend the pastor in a legal battle that could take years to litigate.
Following the issuance of a federal warrant of arrest, the FBI has recently circulated a WANTED BY THE FBI poster containing personal information about Quiboloy who uses, according to the agency, two birth years - 1947 and 1950. The FBI is seeking public information about his whereabouts, although he is believed to be in the Philippines.
He frequently appears on newscasts in SMNI or Sonshine Media Network International, the Makati City-based network he owns. Its website says the network has 17 radio stations nationwide with DZAR 1026 kHz Sonshine Radio Manila, Mega Manila as a flagship station, is also broadcasting worldwide through live stream.
The FBI has also released WANTED BY THE FBI posters of two of Quiboloy's trusted aides, namely, Teresita Tolibas Dandan, age 60; and Helen Panilag, age 57. Below is the full report of the FBI furnished The Filipino Web Channel:
Quiboloy is wanted for his alleged participation in a labor trafficking scheme that brought church members to the United States, via fraudulently obtained visas, and forced the members to solicit donations for a bogus charity, donations that actually were used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyles of its leaders.
Members who proved successful at soliciting for the church allegedly were forced to enter into sham marriages or obtain fraudulent student visas to continue soliciting in the U.S. year-round.
It is alleged that females were recruited to work as personal assistants, or “pastorals,” for Quiboloy and that victims prepared his meals, cleaned his residences, gave him massages and were required to have sex with Quiboloy in what the pastorals called “night duty.”
Quiboloy was indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana, California, for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy; and bulk cash smuggling, and on November 10, 2021, a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.
TERESITA TOLIBAS DANDAN
Teresita Tolibas Dandan is wanted for her alleged participation in a labor trafficking scheme that brought members of a Philippines-based church to the United States, via fraudulently obtained visas, and forced the members to solicit donations for a bogus charity, donations that actually were used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyles of its leaders.
Members who proved successful at soliciting for the church allegedly were forced to enter into sham marriages or obtain fraudulent student visas to continue soliciting in the U.S. year-round.
Dandan allegedly played a central role in recruiting female victims, including minor victims, to work as personal assistants, or “pastorals” for church founder Apollo Carreon Quiboloy. The victims allegedly were required to prepare his meals, clean his residences, give him massages and were required to have sex with Quiboloy on a schedule determined by Dandan, Quiboloy, and others in what was referred to as “night duty.”
Dandan is the alleged “international administrator” who was one of the top overseers of the church and the bogus charity operations in the United States. Dandan was indicted in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana, California, for conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion and sex trafficking of children; sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion; conspiracy; and promotional money laundering, and on November 10, 2021, a federal warrant was issued for her arrest.
HELEN PANILAG
Helen Panilag is wanted for her alleged participation in a labor trafficking scheme that brought church members of a Philippines-based church to the United States, via fraudulently obtained visas, and forced the members to solicit donations for a bogus charity, donations that actually were used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyles of its leaders.
Members who proved successful at soliciting for the church allegedly were forced to enter into sham marriages or obtain fraudulent student visas to continue soliciting in the U.S. year-round.
Panilag is the alleged one-time top church administrator in the U.S. who oversaw the collection of financial data from church operations around the globe. Panilag was indicted for conspiracy by a federal grand jury in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Santa Ana, California, and on November 10, 2021, a federal warrant was issued for her arrest. (Copyright 2022. All Rights Reserved).
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