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Rosario T. Mecaral Vs. Atty. Danilo S. Velasquez

ROSARIO T. MECARAL, Complainant, versus ATTY. DANILO S. VELASQUEZ, Respondent.

A.C. No. 8392 [ Formerly CBD Case No. 08-2175] | 2010-06-29

D E C I S I O N

Per Curiam:

Rosario T. Mecaral (complainant) charged Atty. Danilo S. Velasquez (respondent) before the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) Committee on Bar Discipline (CBD)[1] with Gross Misconduct and Gross Immoral Conduct which she detailed in her Position Paper[2] as follows:

After respondent hired her as his secretary in 2002, she became his lover and common-law wife. In October 2007, respondent brought her to the mountainous Upper San Agustin in Caibiran, Biliran where he left her with a religious group known as the Faith Healers Association of the Philippines, of which he was the leader. Although he visited her...