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Long et al. vs. Basa et al.

ALFREDO LONG and FELIX ALMERIA, petitioners, vs. LYDIA BASA, ANTHONY SAYHEELIAM and YAO CHEK, respondents.

G.R. Nos. 134963-64 | 2001-09-27

D E C I S I O N

SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, J.:

These are consolidated cases involving a religious corporation whose Board of Directors had expelled certain members thereof on purely spiritual or religious grounds since they refused to follow its teachings and doctrines. The controversy here centers on the legality of the expulsion.

The facts, as found by the Court of Appeals and as culled from the voluminous records of these cases, may be stated as follows:

In 1973, a religious group known as "The Church In Quezon City (Church Assembly Hall), Incorporated" ("CHURCH" for brevity), located at 140 Talayan St., Talayan Village, Quezon City, was...