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00:00 Senator Risa Contiveros believed that the abuse of minors was committed by the organization Socorro Bayanihan Services.
00:10 The senator called it a cult.
00:13 The group defended the case and we have the first news, Ma'am Gonzalez.
00:21 A cult was committed, this is what Senator Risa Contiveros called the organization Socorro Bayanihan Services in Surigao del Norte.
00:30 In her privileged speech, Contiveros believed that the group committed the abuse of minors and forced them to get married.
00:38 The leader of this group was J. Renz Killario, a.k.a. Sen. Aguila, who introduced himself as "Bagong Jesus".
00:45 The children we are talking about are more than 1,000 children in the hands of a cruel, cruel and abusive cult.
00:59 This is a harrowing story of rape, sexual violence, child abuse, forced marriage, perpetrated on minors by a cult in the municipality of Socorro, Surigao del Norte.
01:15 Sen. Aguila appeared when a group of people went to Surigao del Norte in 2019.
01:21 He told the people to join him in the mountain, which is called "Kapihan" because it is said to be heaven.
01:31 And those who do not join him will be burned in hell.
01:37 As a result of these statements, there was a mass exodus to the mountain by the thousands of members of the organization,
01:47 now having all the indicators of a religious cult.
01:52 And these are not just ordinary people who did not study.
01:58 The LGU recorded mass resignations of DepEd teachers and government employees.
02:07 More than 800 students joined the cult with their parents.
02:12 In the community of the mountain, some minors were abused.
02:17 I was raped by a man named Jeren Escalayo.
02:20 I was a minor raped by Jeren Escalayo.
02:28 I was raped by a minor in my childhood.
02:47 I was 13 years old when I was raped.
02:49 I was 21 years old when I was raped.
02:52 When I was raped, I was told to leave the place because I did not want to be raped because I wanted to go to school.
03:00 But my mother told me that I should go to the next place because there is a place where I was raped.
03:06 The cult is also armed.
03:08 This is the story of a minor who escaped.
03:10 I was raped by the army.
03:20 I was raped by the army.
03:27 On their Facebook page, Socorro Bayanihan Services was shown as a People's Organization registered in the SEC.
03:35 It also states that they are a non-government organization.
03:38 Hontiveros said that this group is powerful because they have money.
03:42 The organization collects half of the 4Ps, senior citizen pension and other government aid that is given to their members.
03:52 They also received information that the cult is funded by illegal drugs and the organization is a human shield.
03:59 This cult is not a cult in the shadows of Surigao.
04:04 They are influenced by Manila and other parts of the country.
04:11 Their performing group, Omega de Salonera, won an international festival in Korea.
04:23 The reason why they were honored here in the Philippines.
04:28 Mr. Aguila himself, the rapist of the children, the facilitator of child marriage,
04:37 is still standing in our Senate and is still taking pictures of our Senators.
04:46 According to Hontiveros, 8 children escaped this July and are in the care of the local government and DSWD.
04:53 But the problem is that the children are being forced to return to the mountains using the influence and money of the group.
04:59 The task force was formed by Socorro Mayor Risa Timcang to take action against the group.
05:04 The allegations filed in the Senate could be misled by the group.
05:08 Those are fabricated lies.
05:10 In fact, we are filing a case for kidnapping for a serious illegal detention.
05:19 It is in the hands of the FiscalÃa because they kidnapped the children.
05:24 They are still investigating.
05:28 They have fabricated the affidavits.
05:32 It's just one pattern.
05:34 They are teaching the opponents of politics behind this.
05:38 They are also denying that they are cults.
05:40 They are also not hiding weapons and they are not involved in illegal drugs.
05:44 The police have come here. They have conducted their investigation in the province and region.
05:51 It's negative because we don't have drugs here.
05:57 There are allegations that there are weapons, intelligence reports from the CIDG and other police agencies.
06:08 Even our governor also confirmed that there are no weapons and drugs here.
06:15 The funding is from the voluntary donation of the members.
06:19 They also said that the children filed a complaint against them.
06:23 They also filed a complaint against them.
06:26 This is the first news.
06:28 Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.
06:31 (In Tagalog)
06:43 (In Tagalog)