Charged Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Spiritual healing and mediumship Asturias, Cebu, Philippines · 2022

Philippines: self-styled 'Dios Amahan' healer charged with raping patients held at his temple

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Charged

Authority role

self-proclaimed 'Dios Amahan' (God the Father), faith healer and temple leader

Organization

Dios Amahan (Asturias sect)

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Feriol drew patients with claimed divine healing power, then told them their recovery obligated them to a 'spiritual duty' fulfilled by residing at his temple, where the assaults are alleged to have occurred — the healing claim is what put the victims inside his physical control.

Spiritual healing or treatment
Threatened spiritual consequence

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Proceedings

2022-05-12 · arrest warrant executed; non-bailable charges pending

Regional Trial Court Branch 8, Toledo City, Philippines. Teodoro Rico Feriol, known as 'Brod Doring' and self-styled 'Dios Amahan,' was arrested by the NBI on an arrest warrant issued by Judge Judilyn Menchavez over the rape of a 16-year-old girl and a 32-year-old woman between 2020 and 2021. He was charged under Article 266-A (RA 8353, the Anti-Rape Law) and RA 7610 (child abuse); the charges are non-bailable. No trial verdict was locatable in the accessible record.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed divine healing powers
framing sexual submission as a 'spiritual obligation' owed after being healed
requiring patients to reside at his temple for months as part of the claimed obligation

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting arrest and charging report "'Faith healer' accused of raping patients nabbed", Manila Bulletin, 13 May 2022.: Reports the NBI-Central Visayas arrest of Feriol in Asturias, Cebu, the claimed healing powers used to draw victims to his temple, the 'spiritual obligation' pretext used to hold them there, and the rape and child-abuse charges filed under RA 8353 and RA 7610.
national newspaper court reporting complaint filing report "Faith healer 'rapes' patients, tells them it's 'spiritual duty'", The Freeman (Philstar Cebu), 2 Dec. 2021.: Earlier complaint-filing report describing the same 'Dios Amahan' pretext of framing rape as a spiritual duty owed by healed patients.

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Source and tier basis: https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/13/faith-healer-accused-of-raping-patients-nabbed/ Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: arrest-and-charging-report. SHA-256 628e98a1a339c7b975a498aeaa93df52ba35d3437c0054cf006f2623ff92d6c8
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Source and tier basis: https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-news/2021/12/02/2145223/faith-healer-rapes-patients-tells-them-its-spiritual-duty Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: complaint-filing-report. SHA-256 d26632e14e4a945beceb73c2f3f34ab8388cdccf3075af5cd8219fab15326009
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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