Pastor hunted for molesting 7 girls

TUBA, Benguet — A pastor of this town is now being hunted by police for allegedly molesting seven young girls from his flock, the Police Provincial Office reported said.

Senior Supt. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., PPO director, confirmed warrant is out for Pastor Felimon Gragasin, charged with seven counts of acts of lasciviousness before the Benguet Regional Trial Court (RTC).

The case filed earlier before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in La Trinidad had been elevated to the family court presided by Judge Francis Buliyat.

Records showed that in January this year, the parents of the minors discovered that Pastor Gragasin had allegedly been sexually molesting their daughters.

Shocked and distraught that someone who had been teaching them the word of God could allegedly do such a crime, the families filed a case against the pastor who has since been nowhere to find.

“May impormasyon kami na nasa Isabela ito at umaasa din kami sa tulong ng mga concerned citizens ay mahuhuli natin ito (We have information that he is in Isabela and are hoping that, with the help of concerned citizens, we shall arrest him),” Azurin said.