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Revisit the reports from 2015 that captured the turmoil and revealed the cracks within one of the country’s most powerful institutions
The most explosive controversy to hit the influential Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) began a decade ago with a 1:54-minute video posted on YouTube.
In the video, Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo and his mother Tenny disclosed that their lives were in danger. They appealed to Eduardo Manalo — Angel’s elder brother and Tenny’s son, who is also the INC executive minister — to save them.
What followed was a bitter clash of propaganda and power between Eduardo’s inner circle and expelled members, including high-ranking ministers and even members of the Manalo family itself. Supporters gathered outside the family compound near the INC’s central temple in Quezon City. But the movement swelled on August 27, 2015, when throngs of INC members occupied EDSA, protesting what they claimed was government interference in the internal affairs of their church.
The protests and their aftermath tore open long-whispered allegations about the influential religious group. Former members spoke of abductions, corruption, and even killings — accounts that shook the public’s perception of the century-old institution.
Rappler investigated these controversies in 2015, documenting the violence, exposing the alleged abuses and demands for accountability. Revisit these reports below which captured the turmoil and tested the foundations of one of the country’s most powerful churches.
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MANALO FAMILY
THE INC LEADERSHIP
INC leaders using planes worth billions of pesos?
The price of a huge Airbus ranges from P8.8 billion to P11 billion, while an executive jet costs about P3.6 billion. These aircraft are being used by the Iglesia executive minister in his pastoral and personal trips abroad, Rappler learns.
THE ‘TIWALAGS’
THE PROTEST
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