MANILA, Philippines – An octogenarian Australian pedophile facing a string of sexual abuse charges in his country was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Immigration (BI).
David John Buckley, 81, was arrested last Nov. 21 in Bantayan Island in Cebu.
Buckley will be deported as soon as the board of commissioners issues the order for his summary deportation. He will be placed in the blacklist, and barred him from re-entering the country.
Buckley, a notorious pedophile, is the subject of two arrest warrants issued by the federal police in Queensland, Australia based on charges of rape and indecent treatment of children.
The charges reportedly stemmed from a 2021 complaint filed against Buckley in Papua New Guinea for sexual abuse he committed against the victims in the early 1990s.
Moreover, Buckley is known to have committed multiple sex-related offenses in various places in Queensland, aside from 26 child and sexual abuse offenses from 1988 to 2004.
Buckley was also found to be undocumented during his arrest, as his passport has already expired.
The Australian is currently detained at the BI’s holding facility in Taguig pending his deportation.
