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Cheryl Santos Leus vs. St. Scholastica's College Westgrove

CHERYLL SANTOS LEUS, PETITIONER, VS. ST. SCHOLASTICA’S COLLEGE WESTGROVE AND/OR SR. EDNA QUIAMBAO, OSB, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 187226 | 2015-01-28

THIRD DIVISION
 
D E C I S I O N

REYES, J.:

Cheryll Santos Leus (petitioner) was hired by St. Scholastica’s College Westgrove (SSCW), a Catholic educational institution, as a non-teaching personnel, engaged in pre-marital sexual relations, got pregnant out of wedlock, married the father of her child, and was dismissed by SSCW, in that order. The question that has to be resolved is whether the petitioner’s conduct constitutes a ground for her dismissal.
 
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