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RE: Petition for retirement benefits Talens-dabon vs. Judge Arceo

JOCELYN C. TALENS-DABON, COMPLAINANT, VS. JUDGE HERMIN E. ARCEO, REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, BRANCH 43, SAN FERNANDO, PAMPANGA, RESPONDENT. RE: PETITION FOR PAYMENT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS.

A.M. No. RTJ-96-1336 | 2020-06-02

EN BANC
 

RESOLUTION
 
PERLAS-BERNABE, J.:
 
For the Court's resolution is the Petition for Payment of Retirement Benefits[1] filed by respondent Judge Hermin E. Arceo (Arceo), former Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court of San Fernando, Pampanga, Branch 43, seeking to claim the retirement benefits for his services rendered in the Judiciary.

In 1996, Arceo was dismissed from the service after being found to have committed lewd and lustful acts against complainant Atty. Jocelyn C. Talens-Dabon (complainant). The dispositive portion of the Decision[2] dated July 25, 1996 reads:
 
WHEREFORE, Judge Hermin E....