Yesterday's the FBI's Los Angeles office called for public assistance in locating Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, Teresita Tolibas Dandan, and Helen Panilag. These three individuals are sought due to their purported role in sex trafficking conspiracy tied to a church based in the Philippines. It's alleged each had major parts in a labor trafficking plot exploiting church members financially.
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The FBI's warrant accuses Apollo Carreon Quiboloy—church founder also known as "The Appointed Son of God" or "ACQ,"—of using fraudulently procured visas to bring church members to the United States and demanding they solicit donations for a sham charity. Additionally, he is suspected of compelling female members to become his personal assistants or "pastorals," who were forced to perform household chores, provide massages, and engage in sexual activities through an arrangement referred to as "night duty."
As per another FBI warrant, Teresita Tolibas Dandan served as the church's "international administrator" and is suspected of having a key role in recruiting female victims, including minors, to serve as Quiboloy's "pastorals." Dandan is also suspected of having a central role in enforcing the abusive "night duty" system and supervising the church's fake charity operations in the United States.
The third FBI warrant suggests Helen Panilag was the leading administrator for the church’s U.S. operations, and was responsible for the collection of financial data from the church's global operations. Like Quiboloy and Dandan, Panilag is suspected of partaking in a labor trafficking scheme dependent on deceitfully obtained visas, forcing church members to solicit funds for a counterfeit charity, which in truth funded the church's operations and the leaders' extravagant lifestyles.
