{"id":167951,"date":"2018-06-25T06:24:43","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167951"},"modified":"2018-06-25T06:24:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T10:24:43","slug":"duterte-calling-god-stupid-may-be-linked-to-sexual-abuse-he-experienced-says-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/25\/duterte-calling-god-stupid-may-be-linked-to-sexual-abuse-he-experienced-says-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte calling God \u2018stupid\u2019 may be linked to sexual abuse he experienced, says Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When President Rodrigo Duterte called God \u201cstupid,&#8221; this outburst could have rooted in the sexual abuse perpetrated against him by as a priest during his younger years, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte on Friday cussed God for \u201ccreating something perfect only to come up with an event that would tempt and destroy the quality of his work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Presidential Harry Roque defended Duterte, saying that the public should not misinterpret his remark because it is his personal belief.<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s spokesman added that Duterte\u2019s tirade could be a result of the sexual molestation committed against him by a priest back when he was a high school student at the Ateneo de Davao University.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Church should never forget the incident, admit that it happened, and ask for forgiveness.<\/p>\n<p>If the Church acknowledges that scenarios like this are really happening, then all victims, including Duterte, could move on with their lives, Roque said.<\/p>\n<div><strong>(DAILY NEWS ROUND UP FOR 06\/ 25 \/18)<\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When President Rodrigo Duterte called God \u201cstupid,&#8221; this outburst could have rooted in the sexual abuse perpetrated against him by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":114184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uncategorized","mauthors-ro-angelica-equio","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}