A former Socorro Bayanihan follower says his son died because the group prohibited members from seeking hospital care.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/nation/mindanao/socorro-cult-prohibits-members-seeking-hospital-care-outside-sitio-kapihan-child-dies/
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00:00 A former Socorro Bayanihan follower says his son died because the group prohibited members
00:05 from seeking hospital care.
00:07 Randolph Balbarino says Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc., alleged to be a cult group
00:12 in Surigao del Norte, rationalized this by saying that their leader, whom they believe
00:16 to be the reincarnation of the Santo Niño child Jesus, is with them.
00:20 What was more bizarre, Balbarino reveals cult leader J. Renz Killario, known as Señor Aguila
00:25 to his people, helped his wife give birth.
00:28 Killario is not a health professional.
00:31 Balbarino quit the cult when his child died, and he has since moved out of Sitio Capihan.
00:41 A representative of the group claims it has its own first-aiders in their community.
00:46 The group's alleged abuses and cult practices were exposed by Senator Risa Hontiveros.
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