MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday said "it's about time" for Apollo Quiboloy to be extradited to the United States to face trial on child sex trafficking, bulk cash smuggling, and other charges.
"He trafficked women and girls from around the world. Justice demands that he answer for these crimes in the very places he committed them," Hontiveros said in a statement.
"As Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, which heard the heartbreaking testimonies of the women Quiboloy preyed upon, I am relieved that not one but two jurisdictions want to hold him to account for his crimes against women and girls," she added.
Hontiveros said the Department of Justice "must act with dispatch to clear the road toward extradition" to help the victims rebuild stable lives.
"He shouldn’t have even the slightest bit of influence left in the Philippines. His continued presence in this country still emboldens his followers to harass the very survivors who found the courage to speak against him," she said.
