(CNN)An American Catholic priest has been arrested in the Philippines — and charged in US federal court — on suspicion of sexually abusing boys in the Southeast Asian country where he’s lived for decades, authorities in both nations announced.
The Rev. Kenneth Bernard Pius Hendricks, 77, originally from Cincinnati, was arrested Wednesday in the Philippine city of Naval after several alleged victims came forward to Philippine and US investigators last month, authorities said.
Though court documents filed in late November cite five accusers, a total of 10 accusers have now come forward in the Philippines, alleging Hendricks sexually abused them when they were boys, US Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent Steve Francis said Thursday in Cincinnati.
