I think this is a big deal. The president of a country calling out the Catholic Church for corruption and sexual abuse. Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday that he had been abused by a priest when he was a student of Ateneo de Davao University and also said three Cabinet secretaries had been molested. Duterte advised the crowd to **read “Altar of Secrets” *by Aries Rufo to discover the truth about church officials, saying he would resign if its allegations were untrue. He added he might pen his own book about the Church, entitled “Hypocrisy.” “I challenge the Catholic Church,” he said. “You are full of sht. You all smell bad, corruption and all.”
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mergen ago
Filipino here, ask me stuff! The priest who molested him is a Jesuit named Mark Falvey .
Falvey was a prolific molester. http://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2016/114929-duterte-abuse-jesuit-identified
ThighHighSwampBoots ago
What about the Carmelites? I have a friend in the Philippines who went in to the order two years ago, a guy in his 30's. He STILL very openly flies the rainbow flag, supports LGBT, etc. I was surprised. He has told me parents happily sell their kids for sex, because they're so poor. The church pushes them to have so many kids.
mergen ago
Sexism isn't really a thing here. Damn SJW wannabes and liberals want to be victims. I mean, the native languages here have no gender.
Your friend is right. To add, local government officials protect the traffickers.
Not so familiar with carmelites though, the jesuits are the "active" ones.
ThighHighSwampBoots ago
Thank you.