PHILIPPINES
Daily Mail (UK)
By FREYA NOBLE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest, a traumatic experience which now drives his bloody war on drugs.
In his first interview since taking office 100 days ago, President Duterte told Al Jazeera that his tumultuous childhood shaped his current beliefs and policies.
‘It’s what you get along the way that shapes your character’.
Known as ‘the Punisher’, Duterte first spoke about being sexually abused as a child during a press conference in December 2015.
He claimed he was ‘fondled’ by a priest in the late 1950s, while attending the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao High School.
At the same time he made the suggestion that he was not the only one to have fallen victim to his attacker, but said he did not report the abuse out of fear.
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