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Bishop Shinji Amari of Abiko Baptist Church vs. Villaflor [SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION, ZALAMEDA, J.]

BISHOP SHINJI AMARI OF ABIKO BAPTIST CHURCH, REPRESENTED BY SHINJI AMARI AND MISSIONARY BAPTIST INSTITUTE AND SEMINARY, REPRESENTED BY ITS DIRECTOR JOEL P. NEPOMUCENO, PETITIONERS, V. RICARDO R. VILLAFLOR, JR., RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 224521 | 2020-02-17

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION
 
ZALAMEDA, J.:
 
[W]henever the questions of discipline, or of faith, or ecclesiastical rule, custom, or law have been decided by the highest of these church judicatories to which the matter has been carried, the legal tribunals must accept such decisions as final, and as binding on them, in their application to the case before them.[1]
 
I agree with the ponencia which reinstated the ruling of the National Labor Relations Commission and declared that "being an instructor of [Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary (MBIS)] was part of [Ricardo Villaflor, Jr.'s (Villaflor)]...