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.”
http://yournewswire.com/president-rodrigo-duterte-says-catholic-church-is-full-of-shit/
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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.