Trail of child brides, sexual abuse, drug trafficking leads to Philippine cult’s ‘baby Jesus’

Cult leader Jey Rence Quilario (right) is being accused of subjecting over 1,000 children to sexual violence. PHOTO: OFFICE OF SENATOR RONALD DE LA ROSA

MANILA: To his thousands of followers living in a remote island in war-torn southern Philippines, Jey Rence Quilario is the reincarnation of “Santo Nino” – the baby Jesus.

But a Senate investigation this week revealed a trail of sexual violence, child brides, paedophilia and drug trafficking that leads back to this self-styled “saviour”.