Accusers say Quiboloy sex abuse is undeniable; Quiboloy asks them to file case

The sexual abuse of self-proclaimed Son of God Apollo Quiboloy, as well as death threats to those women who refuse to give in to his pleasure, are undeniable, his accusers said Wednesday. 

Yulya Voronina and Teresita Valdehueza made this position as they confronted Quiboloy with these allegations for the first time before the Senate Committee on Women, Children and Gender Equality.

The two women said Quiboloy’s sexual abuse of women in the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) church serving in the “Pastoral Ministry” dates back to KOJC’s founding in the 1980s.

Voronina said Quiboloy has keys to every bedroom of the women under the Pastoral Ministry so he can be pleased sexually anytime he wanted.

“Nobody can deny that there is a Pastoral Ministry, even Mr. Quiboloy himself. And everybody knows that only girls and young and beautiful women are included there. [We’re] all under the same rules. Our rooms are next to him so he has free access to every room. Nobody knows his life behind these doors. There are no full-time [KOJC church] workers who know what is happening there,” Voronina said.

“He has keys to each room. Just in the middle of the night, he [suddenly] comes to my room and has sex with me. You cannot run away. You cannot say, 'I don’t want [to do this].' You cannot run away, because if you don’t obey him, you are told you will go to hell... Things like that,” she added

Valdehueza, for her part, said that while doing church activities for KOJC church work in Cebu in 1993, Quiboloy first asked her to sleep in his hotel room where she was molested for the first time.

“Upon arriving in Cebu City, we arranged for him to stay at the Park Place Hotel in Fuente Osmeña. That evening, he instructed me to remain in the hotel while Nilda Linda, the assigned worker, returned to the workers' house. When we were alone, I asked if I could sleep on the sofa, as it was a suite room. Instead, he insisted that I would sleep beside him, and even said, 'We are compatible because our outfits were of the same colors.' His words made me feel uneasy and quite nervous and I saw a different personality in him but I was quick to dismiss that unusual feeling,” Valdehueza said.

She calmed herself by recalling that she previously witnessed that fellow KOJC members Ingrid Canada, Teresita Dandan, and Felina Salinas slept in Quiboloy's room alternately.

"It led me to believe it was just normal and harmless," she said.

However, she said, “What followed shattered my sense of faith and trust." Valdehueza said Quiboloy violated her then he told her that it was the fulfillment of God's revelation.

"He explained that God had revealed to him that I was to partake in God's life through him by surrendering my body, soul, and spirit. He also mentioned that other girls would go through him in a similar manner. His words were strange, but I was too shocked to respond,” Valdehueza added.

Quiboloy however denied these sexual abuse allegations.

“Wala pong katotohanan iyong kanilang mga sinabi. Maaari po sila mag-file ng kaso. Haharapin ko po sa tamang forum, sa korte,” Quiboloy said.

(There is no truth to what they said. They may file a case. I will face the charges in the right forum, in court.)

“Itinatanggi ko po [ang mga akusasyon]. Wala pong katotohanan. Wala pong katotohanan. Hinahamon ko po sila na mag-file ng kaso laban sa akin o kanino man na KOJC leader or member,” he added.

(I deny the accusations. There is no truth [to them]. They are not true. I dare them to file a case against me or any KOJC leader or member.)

The Senate Committee on Women, Children and Gender Equality is conducting the investigation in aid of legislation to determine whether the country's updated human trafficking laws are able to cover large-scale and systemic acts of trafficking done under the cover of a religious organization.

Quiboloy is charged with qualified human trafficking, a non-bailable offense, before a Pasig court. He is also facing charges of child abuse and sexual abuse before a Quezon City court.

READ: TIMELINE: Apollo Quiboloy's legal troubles

—KG, GMA Integrated News