PHILIPPINES
Sun.Star
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
By BEN O. TESIORNA
KARINA V. CANEDO
PRESIDENTIAL candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has described the Roman Catholic religion as “not so sacred, after all,” after he dropped a bombshell against the Church after being criticized for “cursing” Pope Francis in his speech Monday.
On Tuesday evening, Duterte revealed on national television news program that he was sexually abused by a priest when he was in high school.
“I can’t tell you the names. Kaming lahat dumaan kami,” Duterte said, saying he and his classmates were sexually abused by a priest during his younger years.
Duterte spent years of high school at Ateneo de Davao but graduated at another Catholic-run school Holy Cross of Digos High School.
He made the revelation after Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) president Archbishop Socrates Villegas wrote a strongly worded statement against Duterte.
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