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REV. FR. Zafra III vs. Atty. Pagatpatan

REV. FR. JOSE P. ZAFRA III, COMPLAINANT, V. ATTY. RENATO B. PAGATPATAN, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 12457 (Formerly CBD Case No. 16-5128) | 2019-04-02

R E S O L U T I O N
 
PER CURIAM:
 
This administrative complaint arose from a criminal suit for estafa filed by complainant Reverend Father Jose P. Zafra III (Fr. Zafra) against Jojo R. Buniel (Buniel) and Anna Liza M. Guirnalda (Guirnalda) docketed as Criminal Case No. 6538 with the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Tandag City, Surigao Del Sur, Branch 40. Attorney Renato B. Pagatpatan (Atty. Pagatpatan) is the counsel on record of Buniel and Guirnalda.
 
While the criminal case was pending against Atty. Pagatpatan's clients, said lawyer wrote a letter to the Bishop of the Diocese of Tandag, Surigao Del Sur[1]...