A complaint for serious illegal detention in relation to child abuse was filed before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office yesterday against two cult leaders who allegedly held in detention 21 of their members including 10 minors.

This was after a father accused his wife and some members of a religious group called Pagtulun-an sa Dios Amahan of keeping his children inside a house and not allowing anyone to leave.

The group follows no Bible. It doesn’t even have a name. The followers of “Pagtulun-an sa Dios Amahan”, a name outsiders have called them, only rely on the word of God, which is delivered to one of their members.

They holed up inside a mountain cottage for five days in Carmen town, starting Holy Thursday to wait for the “end of the world.” Members of the Dios Amahan cult, who brought their children along to await the “final judgment,” had to be pulled out of the house by policemen on Tuesday, ending almost a day of negotiation.

A village chief wants the Sagrada Corazon-Dios Amahan “disbanded” following the fatal shooting of one of its members, while the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) in Cebu City wants religious gatherings in mountain areas monitored.