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PEOPLE vs. Gerardo Molas

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. GERARDO MOLAS y CERDENA, accused-appellant.

G.R. Nos. 88006-08 | 1998-03-02

D E C I S I O N

ROMERO, J:

The pervasiveness and escalating incidence of sexual crime in our society nowadays is a phenomenon that arouses the highest degree of revulsion in all but the most insensitive. What is even more disgusting is when the victim is a minor barely out of childhood and the offender is a virtual member of the family living under the same roof. For here there is rank betrayal of trust and confidence. Our numerous pronouncements denouncing what is now categorized as a "heinous crime" do not seem to have made an impact on those who give unfettered rein to their bestial instincts. The instant case eloquently shows that...