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PEOPLE vs. Felipe Cabanela

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. FELIPE CABANELA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 127657 | 1998-11-24

D E C I S I O N


PER CURIAM:

The proliferation of incestuous rape of minors, a crime which figuratively scrapes the bottom of the barrel of moral depravity, is a revolting phenomenon in a Catholic country like the Philippines. The man who violates his own progeny commits an act that runs against known biologic, legal and moral laws. When committed against a child of tender years, the lechery becomes compounded with apparent heartlessness that must be condemned, the perpetrator damned and prosecuted to the fullest extent. Victimized daughters are not only denied the right to body integrity, but to the essential self which is the core of...