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PEOPLE vs Rodrigo Amadore y Obina

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. RODRIGO AMADORE Y OBINA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 140669-75 & 140691 | 2001-04-20

D E C I S I O N

VITUG, J.:

What could possibly motivate a grown man to vent his lust on a girl not even old enough to desire? Her innocence? Her helplessness? Her inability to give voice to her indignation? Mercifully, Ma. Fe Oquindo would not be silenced. Like the many instances which have found their way to the courts, the plight of this young girl, who was barely ten years old when initiated into the carnal world, is but one of the countless illustrations of an evil plaguing our society today. It is high time that this malaise is addressed not so much by the law as the family and a societal effort to raise the slipping moral value...