Philippine pastor wanted by FBI now in Davao City, not in hiding, says lawyer


MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Inquirer): Pastor Apollo Quiboloy (pic), who was officially declared last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a wanted suspected sex trafficker in the United States, has not gone into hiding and remains in Davao City.

In a virtual briefing on Sunday, one of Quiboloy’s lawyers, Ferdinand Topacio, claimed that the charges against Quiboloy were part of an “orchestrated effort” to destroy him and “indirectly, the present administration....”

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