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Iglesia ni Cristo vs. Leopoldo B. Gironella

IGLESIA NI CRISTO, complainant, vs. JUDGE LEOPOLDO B. GIRONELLA, COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF ABRA, respondent.

A.M. No. 2440-CFI | 1981-07-25

R E S O L U T I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

It is easily understandable why Mr. Teofilo C. Ramos, Sr. on behalf of the Iglesia ni Cristo would take umbrage on the portion of the opinion of respondent Judge Leopoldo B. Gironella in the course of acquitting the defendants accused of Triple Rape. Thus: "it will also be observed that Florencio Ola was released on July 27, 1979, yet no action was taken by him from July 28, 1979, to August 21 to denounce to the proper authorities what allegedly had happened to his wife Merlinda Ola. Merlinda Ola, however, is a member of the Iglesia ni Cristo. Her husband Florencio Ola and her in-laws were still in the...