American video sharing and social media platform YouTube removed the official channel of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. The reason is that it violated their community guidelines.
YouTube announced this on their verified account (@TeamYouTube) on Twitter this Thursday, in response to a netizen’s visit as to why Quiboloy’s YT channel is still allowed as it is said to be on the wanted list of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) because on the allegation of sex trafficking.
“Upon review, we’ve determined that the channel is in violation of Community Guidelines & (and) has been terminated,” said a tweet by @TeamYouTube, with no other explanation.
Before the removal, Quiboloy’s YouTube channel had over 47,000 subscribers.
There are two other YouTubes with the name “Apollo Quiboloy” but it is not certain if they are related to the said religious leader.
The YouTube channels True Gospel of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy and Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy have only 176 and 141 subscribers.
November 2021 when Quiboloy and some of his colleagues in the KJC church were charged with sex-trafficking charges filed by US prosecutors.
In December 2022, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) blocked Quiboloy from accessing his US properties due to allegations of serious human rights abuse.
YouTube deletes Pastor Quiboloy’s channel due to alleged violation
OFAC cited a 2021 federal indictment that alleged Apollo Quiboloy was involved in the sex trafficking of “pastorals,” or girls at KOJC who were chosen to work as Quiboloy’s personal assistants.
According to the indictment, the pastorals were ordered to do “night duty,” and were allegedly assigned to have sex with Quiboloy according to the set time. Apollo Quiboloy is also said to have hidden pastorals in other countries, including the Philippines and the United States.
OFAC cited a report of a woman who was allegedly forced to have sex with Quiboloy once a week, even when she was a minor, and in every country, they went to. He said he couldn’t count how many times the incident happened.
Quiboloy first said that he had forgiven those who accused him. In February 2022, Quiboloy said he was being persecuted because he was the “Appointed Son.”
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