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In Summary: 10 Statements President Duterte Has Made About Women

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8. “I went to the room of the maid. I lifted the blanket. I tried to touch what was inside the panty. I was touching it. She woke up, so I left the room…I tried to insert my finger, Father. There was hair. It was wet.”

The president was in the midst of criticizing the Catholic Church when he shared this story of his confession to a priest when he was still a teenager. Duterte admitted to molesting one of their maids while she was asleep. Although the president was once again criticized for his statement, Palace Spokesperson Salvador Panelo simply called it a “laughable anecdote.”

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