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A cult leader accused of horrifying sex and trafficking crimes is now believed to be hiding in a subterranean bunker with dozens of die-hard fanatics underneath his sprawling 75-acre complex in the Philippines following a dramatic raid by some 2,000 police officers over the weekend. Apollo Quiboloy, a self-proclaimed 'owner of the universe' and 'appointed son of god', vanished after protesting his innocence, leaving some of his six million claimed supporters to clash with police on the fringes of his complex in Davao City. But with radar technology, police believe they have found signs of life deep underground the surface...

The leader of a Philippines-based church was charged with having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” unless they catered to the self-proclaimed “son of God,” federal prosecutors announced Thursday. Apollo Carreon Quiboloy and two of his top administrators are among nine people named in a superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury last week and unsealed Thursday. The indictment includes three Los Angeles-based administrators of Quiboloy’s church who were charged last year. The new indictment also names a church administrator in Hawaii. Quiboloy, 71, is head of the Kingdom of Jesus...