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MAGDALENA OBRERO vs. EFREN TAGALA

MAGDALENA OBRERO complainant, vs. ATTY. EFREN TAGALA respondent.

A.M. No. L-984 | 1977-04-22

R E S O L U T I O N

FERNANDO, J.:

The offense of grossly immoral conduct, 1 was imputed to respondent Efren Tagala, a member of the Philippine Bar, in a complaint dated February 20, 1971. Complainant Magdalena Obrero alleged that under scandalous circumstances, she being then a clerk in his office as Registrar of the Commission on Elections at Paracale, he embraced and fondled her breasts, at the same time touching her private parts. Such acts, according to her, were repeated on other occasions, her inability to complain being due to the threat of dismissal having over her head in case she would do so.

There was a denial in the answer...