SEN. Risa Hontiveros called on the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to cancel the passport of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who has not attended the Senate hearing on his alleged sexual abuse of some of his followers.

The senator made the call on Monday as Quiboloy, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KoJC) leader, repeatedly failed to appear before the Senate or before Philippine courts.

The self-proclaimed "Anointed Son of God" went into hiding after he was ordered arrested by a Davao court. Some female KoJC members claimed that Quiboloy raped them, while several male members said he forced them to beg in the streets and malls.

"Instead of showing up at the Senate or before the courts, he always issues recorded audio messages which apparently insulted the government's capability to locate him," Hontiveros said in Filipino.

"This is appalling. This should not be allowed to pass, but only challenge the government more to exhaust all means to restrict his movements," she said in a statement.

She added that in previous interviews, DFA spokesman Ma. Teresita Daza said that when a passport is canceled, it is a "red flag for any application in all DFA consular offices within and outside the Philippines."

Daza said that a canceled passport is reported to both the Bureau of Immigration and the Interpol office in the Philippines.

Interpol Philippines will inform Interpol headquarters, which will then include the canceled passport in the alert system of international border controls.

"The world is closing in on him. He is accused of crimes that transcend continents and nationalities," Hontiveros said.

She said that three of Quiboloy's victims who testified against him in the Senate Committee on Women hearings were foreigners.

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