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People vs. Rogelio Cristobal

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ROGELIO CRISTOBAL, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 116279 | 1996-01-29

DAVIDE, JR., J.:


Rape is the forcible violation of the sexual intimacy of another person. It does injury to justice and charity. Rape deeply wounds the respect, freedom, and physical and moral integrity to which every person has a right. It causes grave damage that can mark the victim for life. It is always an intrinsically evil act, 1 an outrage upon decency and dignity that hurts not only the victim but the society itself.

The pain rape causes becomes more excruciating when the victim carries the life of an unborn within her womb. That tender and innocent life, born of love and its parents' participation in the mystery of life, is...