Filipino pastor Apollo Carreon Quiboloy, who is wanted by both the FBI and local law enforcement officers on sexual abuse and human trafficking charges, has been arrested weeks after a standoff with the police.

Apollo Quiboloy, the self-proclaimed "Appointed Son of God" who founded a church in the Philippines called the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC), faces a dramatic fall from grace as criminal cases cast a shadow on his once untouchable image.

Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte has come to his pastor’s defense and filed cases against the government and police officials as a deepening feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. threatens to rattle one of Asia’s growth stars.