Philippines arrests celebrity pastor accused of sex crimes
MANILA - An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, the interior minister said on Sunday.
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MANILA - An influential evangelist preacher from the Philippines accused of sex trafficking and sexual abuse has been arrested, the interior minister said on Sunday.
MANILA — Philippine pastor Apollo Quiboloy, self-proclaimed "Appointed Son of God", has been apprehended after a weeks-long search by more than 2,000 police officers of his huge church compound in the southern city of Davao.
MUMBAI — Internet services were cut off and schools were closed for a second straight day in a town near India's financial capital Mumbai on Aug 21, as protests over the alleged sexual abuse of two four-year-old girls intensified, media said.
The Philippines said on Monday it would file sexual abuse charges against a Filipino pastor who is wanted in the US for child sex trafficking.