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Facts:
Complainant Josefina Royong charged Atty. Ariston J. Oblena, member
of the Philippine Bar with rape. Based from the report of the Solicitor General,
the complainant was raped after lunch when her mother left her alone. The
respondent entered, when behind her, covered her mouth with one hand and
dragged her to the bedroom. She tried to resist, but resulted to her receiving hard
blows on the thigh with his fist and threats to kill her and her family. After the
sexual intercourse, he threatened her not to tell her foster father, otherwise, he
would kill her and all the members of her family. This resulted to her pregnancy.
Eventually, she gave birth to the child. The respondent, however, allege he did
not rape her since he was at the Commission of Civil Service at the time of the
commission of the crime. He also admitted that he had an illicit relationship with
the complainant for one year when he stopped since it was discovered by her
foster parents. In order to avoid a criminal liability of seduction, he limited
himself to kissing and embracing her and sucking her tongue before she became
18 years of age. Based from the findings, The Solicitor general concluded that
there was carnal knowledge of the complainant and it was consensual.
In view of his findings, even if respondent did not commit the alleged
rape, he was still guilty of other misconduct. He was living an adulterous life
with Briccia Angeles at the same time maintaining illicit relationship with
Josefina Royong, niece of Briccia, thus making him unworthy of public
confidence
After the hearing, the investigators submitted the report with the finding
that:
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