‘Cult’ escapees recall ordeal; Senate detains leader, 3 others
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Senators on Thursday ordered the detention of four officers and members of the Surigao del Norte-based group Socorro Bayanihan Services Inc. (SBSI) for supposedly lying under oath during an emotional, eight-hour public hearing, where they denied allegations of human rights abuses and outright criminal activities cloaked in cultish practices.
Cited for contempt on a motion by Sen. Risa Hontiveros were SBSI Jey Rence Quilario, the group’s 82-year-old vice president Mamerto Galanida, and members Janeth Ajoc and Karren Sanico.
Known in the organization as “Senior Aguila,” Quilario, 22, has styled himself as a messianic “Son of God,” according to former members who testified at the hearing.
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