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Gubaton vs. Atty. Amador

JILDO A. GUBATON, COMPLAINANT, VS. ATTY. AUGUSTUS SERAFIN D. AMADOR, RESPONDENT.

A.C. No. 8962 | 2018-07-09

D E C I S I O N
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
This administrative case arose from an affidavit-complaint[1] for disbarment filed by complainant Jildo A. Gubaton (complainant) against respondent Atty. Augustus Serafin D. Amador (respondent) on the ground of gross immoral conduct and/or immorality.
 
The Facts

Complainant alleged that respondent, a former Assistant Prosecutor at the City Prosecutor's Office in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, was having an illicit romantic relationship with his wife, Ma. Bernadette R. Tenorio-Gubaton (Bernadette), since 2005 up to the present.[2]

He averred that it was in the early part of 2008, while...