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mo4ch:>Pedophile US priest arrested in the Philippines had child rape den | Mo4ch News

A Catholic priest arrested and charged with sexual abuse of children during his longtime residency in the Philippines lived with numerous underage boys, prosecutors say.The US and the Philippines announced the arrest of Rev. Kenneth Hendricks, 77, on charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places, a federal crime that could result in up to 30 years in prison. The Catholic priest had been residing in the Philippines for almost 40 years, receiving some funding for missionary work from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.This case is sadly far from isolated in the majority Catholic Philippines. In 2002, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines’ President Orlando Quevedo estimated that in the course of last 20 years, some 200 of the 7,000 priests in the country may have been involved in illicit sexual activity.Many disturbing details came to light during the investigation, such as the prosecutor’s claim that Hendricks had multiple children living at his residence…