PHILIPPINES
The Philippine Star
By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star) | Updated December 3, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo yesterday dared Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to tell all on the sexual abuse he claims to have suffered at the hands of priests when he was a young student.
Pabillo, once the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines-Public Affairs Committee chairman, said the 70-year-old mayor should “immediately tell what happened.”
“This is what Pope Francis had said, that people should come out so the matter can be investigated,” Pabillo said.
He said that if Duterte, who has joined the May 2016 presidential race, feels that he was abused then he should say it. If he was abused, even if he has not yet filed a complaint about it, he should have said something a long time ago.
“This happened to him a long time ago, yet he kept it to himself,” said Pabillo.
The bishop said he pities Duterte because he has been carrying this burden for a long time and he has not said anything about it.
Pabillo added that priests, just like others, are not perfect.
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