00:00 A Senate panel cites key figures of an alleged cult in contempt after the leaders repeatedly
00:08 denied the practice of child marriage.
00:11 The alleged cult is based on an island community at Sitio Capihan, Barangay Sering, Socorro
00:16 Town, Surigao del Norte.
00:18 All members of the organization Socorro Bayanihan Services, Inc., including alleged cult leader
00:24 J. Ren Seculario, deny minors were forced into marriage in their community.
00:28 Other denials come after at least three children testified about how they were forced to marry
00:33 and engage in sexual relations with arranged partners.
00:36 Fifteen-year-old Jane says she was married off to a stranger when she was 14, adding
00:41 Kilario, known as "Senor Aguila" to the community, decides the pairings.
00:45 Another witness, Love Lisa Vandal, tearfully recounts how she witnessed her 12-year-old
00:49 sister get forced to marry a boy she did not know.
00:52 "What happened was my sister got pregnant.
00:59 She was two weeks pregnant and miscarried.
01:02 When she miscarried again, she almost died."
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