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19 April 2016

Philippines could be first to put clerical abuse victim in top job

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte of Davao City in the Philippines is currently enjoying a narrow lead ahead of May 9 presidential elections. If he wins, be could become the world’s first head of state to also be a survivor of clerical sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
For most Filipinos, the interesting thing about Rodrigo Duterte, the seven-term mayor of Davao City, as a presidential candidate is that he comes off as  their country’s version of Rudy Giuliani, known as “the punisher” for his get-tough policies on crime.

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/04/17/philippines-could-be-first-to-put-clerical-abuse-victim-in-top-job/