Quiboloy, others plead not guilty in child abuse cases —lawyer 

Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy and his other co-accused pleaded not guilty for the child and sexual abuse cases filed against them before a Quezon City court, one of their lawyers said.

“Plea of not guilty sa lahat doon sa (in all of them in) Quezon City court,” Quiboloy’s legal counsel Atty. Mark Tolentino told reporters in an interview.

According to him, the arraignment in the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 106, which was attended by the accused virtually, started around 1:15 p.m. and ended around 2:10 p.m. 

The same information was confirmed by Quiboloy's other counsel, Israelito Torreon, in a report on GMA Integrated News Bulletin.

Pastor Apollo Quiboloy also pleads not guilty to charges of child abuse and sexual abuse before the QC RTC Branch 106, according to his counsel Atty. Israelito Torreon. | via Joseph Morong/GMA Integrated News

Quiboloy and others are detained in the PNP Custodial Center at Camp Crame.

Arrest warrants were issued against Quiboloy and others for alleged violation of the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act as well as qualified human trafficking.

Quiboloy has also been indicted by a federal grand jury in the US District Court for the Central District of 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.

Quiboloy's camp has repeatedly denied the allegations against him. —LDF, GMA Integrated News