Charged Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Manila, Philippines · 2025

Apollo Quiboloy / KOJC: Philippine proceedings and separate U.S. trafficking indictment

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Record class

Context only

Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

founder and self-proclaimed appointed son of God

Organization

Kingdom of Jesus Christ

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

This record is retained as context. The cited evidence documents religious authority, threats of damnation, forced fundraising, and grooming, but does not establish that spiritual doctrine, practice, or authority materially enabled the harm. The relevant recorded role is founder and self-proclaimed appointed son of God.

Prophecy or divine command
Threatened spiritual consequence

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-01-01 · criminal proceedings

Republic of the Philippines. Domestic proceedings pending.
2021-11-10 · superseding indictment

U.S. District Court, Central District of California. Federal trafficking and fraud charges pending; allegations are unproven.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious authority
threats of damnation
forced fundraising
grooming

Cited record

Sources

prosecuting authority proceeding Philippines Department of Justice, case update concerning Apollo Quiboloy and KOJC.: The Philippine Department of Justice describes the domestic proceeding. The allegations remain subject to adjudication.
charging authority charging document U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, superseding-indictment release concerning KOJC leaders (Nov. 18, 2021).: The U.S. indictment separately alleges that KOJC leaders used religious authority, threats, and immigration leverage in a forced-labor and sex-trafficking scheme. An indictment is an allegation, not a finding of guilt.

Source provenance

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Source and tier basis: https://www.doj.gov.ph/news_article.html?newsid=Zj5ssbgPcRPHHb-WSIbxAC8sfC7deC1oGiyTtT4t5Qw Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: proceeding.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/federal-grand-jury-issues-new-indictment-against-leaders-philippines-based-church Corpus classification: charging-authority; evidentiary role: charging-document. SHA-256 4cf49a1101e8a1731448a57a82da8a41c4232d4b146e1b958b27750b00ea16fc
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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