PHILIPPINES
Coconuts Manila
On Tue night, Dec 1, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte — in a report on GMA News’ 24 Oras — revealed that a priest sexually abused him when he was a boy.
“Duterte, 70, made the allegation amid the flak that he had been receiving from members of the clergy for his use of an expletive when he discussed “traffic hell” during Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines,” reports GMA News Online.
Duterte stated, “[Kami] sa Ateneo noon (We were at the Ateneo then) and I will tell you the abuses committed against the minors at that time including me and I will tell you my story. Kaming lahat dumaan kami (We all went through it).”
The report noted: “The PDP-Laban presidential candidate also reacted to Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines president Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas’ remarks on Duterte’s use of bad words.”
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