EXPELLED Iglesia ni Cristo minister Isaias Samson filed on Tuesday illegal detention charges against the members of governing council of the Iglesia ni Cristo, led by INC Auditor General Glicerio Santos Jr., but excluding Executive Minister Eduardo Manalo.
Samson’s lawyer Trixie Angeles said three counts of illegal detention were filed Tuesday afternoon before the Department of Justice in behalf of Samson, his wife Myrna and his son Isaiah who claim to have been confined to their house from August 16 to 22.
“The charges were filed against the entire Sanggunian because they were all present when my client was summoned to an interrogation where he was accused of being the real Antonio Ebangelista, who exposed irregularities in the Iglesia,” Angeles said in a telephone interview.
The lawyer explained that Manalo was not included in the charges because he is not a member of the Sanggunian and there was no proof that he was involved in preventing the Samsons from leaving their home inside the Iglesia compound in Quezon City.
Angeles said the Samson family was only allowed to leave after Isaias “escaped” from his supposed detention while on his way to a church service.