Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte called the Roman Catholic Church as the “most hypocritical institution” as he lambasted its bishops to the alleged clamor against his candidacy which was manifested in a pastoral letter released by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) prior to the May 9 elections.
Despite this, Duterte said he still won the presidential elections, which he described as a “public referendum” between him and the bishops. He has 6.2 million lead over administration candidate Mar Roxas.
According to Duterte: They campaigned against me, everybody was saying do not vote for Duterte. Fine. I said, let this election be a referendum between me and the Catholic Church.
Also, Catholic Church leaders should not hold themselves morally superior because their “hypocritical institution” has a long history of wrongdoing, he added.
Duterte challenged the bishops to a debate so that he can expose, before assuming office on June 30, this alleged sins of the church.
Source: ABS-CBN
