Philippine celebrity pastor arrested in human trafficking, sex crime case

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Filipino celebrity preacher Apollo Quiboloy, accused in his home country of orchestrating a sex and labor trafficking scheme and wanted by the FBI, was captured following a massive two-week manhunt, officials in the Philippines said Sunday.

The megachurch founder and four others are subjects of an arrest warrant on “serious charges, including child abuse, sex trafficking, and sexual abuse of minors,” Philippine police said.

 
The Appointed Son of God, as his followers call him, favors satiny white suits. The young women who surround him in photos are often clothed in the same virginal hue.

Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, the 74-year-old founder of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, is a charismatic doomsday evangelist who claims millions of followers in about 200 countries. His sermons have drawn the faithful in Ukraine, Hong Kong, Brazil and New York. He served as spiritual adviser to Rodrigo Duterte, the powerful former president of the Philippines.

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Fugitive Televangelist Wanted by F.B.I. Is Caught in the Philippines

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