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At the end of the investigative journalism movie entitled 'Spotlight,' a list of places is shown where victims have come brave to testify about the atrocities perpetrated by Catholic priests. Last on the list is Manila, Philippines. Got to watch the movie only last night but I have heard of the accusations about the church long before - after the horrendous 9/11 that shocked America and the world. Like the reporters of Spotlight, I was in aghast knowing that the supposedly spiritual fathers people, especially children, trust and look up to, were nothing but hideous criminals donning priestly cassocks. I could attest also to the appalling acts these crooks have done. Fr. Gui_do, a Jesuit, did smack me twice, once in the lobby of the old Radio Veritas, in full view of my friends and broadcast people who laughed, so I thought it was just an endearment, though I felt it filthy, and once more, in a room right after he sent my friends away on tasks. I shoved him off, of course, and kept my distance all the duration of my apprenticeship. Saw him again in the Ateneo, in a graduate class, and I told my seatmate Menchu about it, an innuendo that I was disgusted with the creature. What came next was a sadder confession that that flamboyant retreat master even attempted to elicit sexual favors with Menchu back in college, in one of the closed retreats. Good thing she was able to ward him off. Not just Fr. Gui_do, but a visiting monsignor also whose name escapes my mind now but he attempted to confine me in a room via intimate conversation. Good thing a nun came to bring snacks and I had my escape. Worse than my story was when I literally saw a young priest groping my students' breasts during a meditative class moment when everyone was hugging each other. I intervened, of course, and pulled away my girls. Told the nun about it but never learned what action she resorted to. Really infuriating these criminals are guising themselves as men of God. Grrrrr.