PHILIPPINES
Inquirer
CEBU CITY—An investigation that Church officials here described as “internal” is ongoing over reports that a priest had sexually molested a teenage female choir member right inside the parish convent in a town in southwestern Cebu.
The victim is a 17-year-old member of the parish choir.
According to reports, the priest sexually molested them on Christmas Eve last year.
“The archdiocese will look into this serious allegation,” said Msgr. Joseph Tan, spokesperson of the archdiocese.
“Allegations of this kind cannot be ignored,” Tan said.
Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma has instructed Msgr. Rey Penagunda, one of the two vicar generals of the archdiocese, to investigate.
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