PHILIPPINES
Rappler
The presidential aspirant says the now deceased Fr Paul Falvey SJ abused several other students at Ateneo de Davao
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday night, December 3, identified the Jesuit priest who allegedly abused him in high school, and said he was “afraid” to file a complaint at the time.
But he added he had already forgiven the priest who was his teacher when he was a freshman student at the Ateneo de Davao high school.
The now deceased priest, Paul Falvey SJ, also molested his peers at the Ateneo de Davao besides himself, according to Duterte.
Duterte was a student of Ateneo de Davao high school before he was expelled and went to Holy Cross of Digos.
Duterte told Rappler, “I will not file a case against the priest because I belong to the Catholic Church,” while some of those molested reportedly filed complaints. Falvey, according to Duterte, was ordered to pay “some P25 million” in damages.
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