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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

AreWeSure ago

How well sourced is this? What year did this take place and was Falvey confirmed to be in the Philippines at that time?

mergen ago

The priest was working in China then Philippines from 1950-1959. Duterte says it happened in 1956.

The local Jesuit society spokesperson says there is truth to Du30's claim in this link: (sorry if it's in Filipino)

http://www.pep.ph/news/61280/rodrigo-dutertes-claim-that-he-was-molested-by-a-priest-may-be-true-says-jesuit-priest

The priest died at 1975 and then a lot of molestation claims popped up. The church paid $16Million to settle his cases.

also Nice username.

AreWeSure ago

Thanks. I was able to see he was in the US since 59. One source I saw said that Duterte said he was 15 when it happened. He turned 11 in 1956. So somebody is wrong.