Florida pastor accused of having sex with 14-year-old boy while hiding HIV diagnosis
A “dope-smoking pedophile preacher” had sex with at least one underage boy and an adult man without telling them he was HIV-positive — and Florida officials said Tuesday they fear there might be additional victims.
Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven, was arrested after he got off a plane at Orlando International Airport on July 29, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The sheriff’s office alleged that Chaneyfield and a 14-year-old boy met on a dating app before Chaneyfield took their chats to Instagram, which led to three meetings for sex.
A 26-year-old man who also had sex with Chaneyfield was located by investigators and tested positive for HIV, Judd said.
“The 26-year-old didn’t know [Chaneyfield was HIV-positive] until we brought it to his attention, and the 14-year-old had no clue that he was having unprotected sex with an adult that was HIV-positive,” Judd said. “This guy’s nasty. He’s a menace to society, and he’s proven that.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flo...rcna590998
US asks Philippines to extradite Filipino church leader accused of sex crimes and fraud
The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader, who was once an influential adviser to former President Rodrigo Duterte, to face trial on charges including child sex trafficking and fraud that landed him on the FBI’s most wanted list, two Philippine officials said Thursday.
Quiboloy, 76, leads the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, which was founded in 1985 in southern Davao city and claims to have a wide following in the Philippines and abroad, including in the U.S.
In his heyday, Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders in the Philippines and regarded as a political kingmaker. He served as spiritual adviser to the equally controversial Duterte, who took office in June 2016.
Quiboloy claims to be “the appointed son of God” and has made outrageous claims that sparked questions about his character but endeared him to his followers. He once claimed to have stopped a major earthquake from hitting the southern Philippines.
In 2024, Quiboloy went into hiding after a Philippine court ordered his arrest along with several others for alleged child and sexual abuse and human trafficking, police said. The Philippine Senate separately ordered Quiboloy’s arrest at the time for refusing to appear in public hearings about his alleged crimes.
The preacher denied the allegations, saying they were fabricated by critics and former members who were removed from his religious group.
Quiboloy and four others facing accusations surrendered in September 2024 after about 2,000 police raided a 30-hectare (75-acre) compound of his religious group, which included a cathedral, stadium, hangar and taxiway leading to Davao’s international airport. He has been jailed since then.
U.S. federal prosecutors in 2021 separately announced an indictment of Quiboloy for allegedly 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.”
https://apnews.com/article/apollo-carreo...f4a6ed9544
A “dope-smoking pedophile preacher” had sex with at least one underage boy and an adult man without telling them he was HIV-positive — and Florida officials said Tuesday they fear there might be additional victims.
Timothy Chaneyfield, 42, of St. James United American Free Will Baptist Church in Winter Haven, was arrested after he got off a plane at Orlando International Airport on July 29, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The sheriff’s office alleged that Chaneyfield and a 14-year-old boy met on a dating app before Chaneyfield took their chats to Instagram, which led to three meetings for sex.
A 26-year-old man who also had sex with Chaneyfield was located by investigators and tested positive for HIV, Judd said.
“The 26-year-old didn’t know [Chaneyfield was HIV-positive] until we brought it to his attention, and the 14-year-old had no clue that he was having unprotected sex with an adult that was HIV-positive,” Judd said. “This guy’s nasty. He’s a menace to society, and he’s proven that.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flo...rcna590998
US asks Philippines to extradite Filipino church leader accused of sex crimes and fraud
The United States has asked the Philippine government to extradite a Filipino church leader, who was once an influential adviser to former President Rodrigo Duterte, to face trial on charges including child sex trafficking and fraud that landed him on the FBI’s most wanted list, two Philippine officials said Thursday.
Quiboloy, 76, leads the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church, which was founded in 1985 in southern Davao city and claims to have a wide following in the Philippines and abroad, including in the U.S.
In his heyday, Quiboloy was one of the most influential religious leaders in the Philippines and regarded as a political kingmaker. He served as spiritual adviser to the equally controversial Duterte, who took office in June 2016.
Quiboloy claims to be “the appointed son of God” and has made outrageous claims that sparked questions about his character but endeared him to his followers. He once claimed to have stopped a major earthquake from hitting the southern Philippines.
In 2024, Quiboloy went into hiding after a Philippine court ordered his arrest along with several others for alleged child and sexual abuse and human trafficking, police said. The Philippine Senate separately ordered Quiboloy’s arrest at the time for refusing to appear in public hearings about his alleged crimes.
The preacher denied the allegations, saying they were fabricated by critics and former members who were removed from his religious group.
Quiboloy and four others facing accusations surrendered in September 2024 after about 2,000 police raided a 30-hectare (75-acre) compound of his religious group, which included a cathedral, stadium, hangar and taxiway leading to Davao’s international airport. He has been jailed since then.
U.S. federal prosecutors in 2021 separately announced an indictment of Quiboloy for allegedly 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.”
https://apnews.com/article/apollo-carreo...f4a6ed9544
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
