Authorities arrested a 37-year-old man a few hours after he allegedly raped his 13-year-old daughter in Bulacan, Thursday night.
The investigation said the suspect was supposed to go to a junk shop with the victim on May 28 at 12:30 pm. However, the two boarded a tricycle and went to a grassy area in Sta. Maria Bulacan instead.
The suspect then allegedly abused his daughter. He also threatened the victim that he would hurt her mother if she would say anything about what happened between them.
The teenager, however, decided to tell her mother what the suspect did to him when they got home. Her mother then asked assistance from the barangay tanods of Barangay San Rafael, City of San Jose Del Monte.
The barangay officials immediately arrested the suspect after hearing the report. They turned him over to Santa Maria Municipal Police Station for criminal case filing.
The suspect would face charges related to incestuous rape, in relation to Republic Act 7610 before the Office of Provincial Prosecutor, in the City of Malolos.
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The leadership of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is still awaiting the Inter-Agency Task Force’s decision on the church’s request regarding religious activities.
It is about the mandate of the IATF that only five people are allowed to attend the mass under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) and 10 people in areas under the General Community Quarantine (GCQ).
According to Novaliches Bishop Roberto Gaa, Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles appointed Pasig Bishop Mylo Hubert Vergara as the church representative at a meeting with the IATF.
Metro Manila will transition from MECQ to GCQ on Monday, the first day of June.
Manila Administrator Bishop Broderick said the IATF’s current rule on the number of people that could attend masses is “not practical,” especially for big Catholic churches.
The CBCP earlier issued a health protocol for the churchgoers in connection with the commencement of mass in the parishes.
Bishop Gaa admitted that the church’s preparedness protocols did not include contact tracing that would be of great help in determining possible sources of coronavirus infections.