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Tan vs. Trocio 191 SCRA 764

FELICIDAD BARINAN TAN, complainant, vs. ATTY. GALILEO J. TROCIO, respondent.

A.C. No. 2115 | 1990-11-27

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

In a verified complaint, filed on 9 November 1979, complainant Felicidad Bariñan Tan seeks the disbarment of respondent Atty. Galileo J. Trocio for immorality and conduct unbecoming of a lawyer.

Complainant, owner and directress of Harlyn Vocational School in Baroy, Lanao del Norte, declares that sometime in April, 1971, at about 8:30 PM, after classes were dismissed, respondent, who is the legal counsel of the school, overpowered her inside the office and, against her will, succeeded in having carnal knowledge of her. As a result, she begot a son on 5 February 1972 whom she named and registered as Jewel...