Is Fr. Jose "Joey" Belcina:GUILTY or NOT GUILTY of RAPE

[bot_yok]

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to all those people who sentence this priest to die, putlan ug hotdog, bitay whatever if he is proven guilty all i can say, who are we to do that! none of us here on earth has the authority to take a life... might as well look at ourself bcoz we also commit mistakes...

[FK]

OF COURSE! because there is always to sides of a story. That's why basing on the news lang you weigh which "probably" lean towards the truth since this is only a forum.

and since for me the weighing scale as of now is in the middle...
so huwat sa ko more info.

[budmendz]

Remember the Belcina case? Here's some new updates:

Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Cardinal ‘brokered’ settlement of case

CEBU Archbishop Ricar-do Cardinal Vidal allegedly brokered the settlement between Fr. Jose “Joey” Belciña and the priest’s former scholar who accused him of rape.

The accusation was circulated through a letter signed by one Norma Enriquez.

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“The Cardinal was restless. He exerted efforts to settle the issue so that the case will not reach full-blown trial,” Enriquez’s letter read.

“Ambot lang, wala ko kabalo ana,” (I do not know about that.) Cebu Archdio-cesan media liaison officer Msgr. Achilles Dakay said when asked to comment.

In an earlier interview with Sun.Star Cebu, Vidal said he has not seen Belciña for a long time since the allegations of rape came out.

While the letter was signed by Enriquez, she couldn’t be reached for interview.

Former radio reporter Leo Alvarado said he received the letter from a woman yesterday afternoon at the Palace of Justice. He didn’t know the woman, who asked him if he could circulate the letter to the media.

Insistent

The letter carried the title “Belciña case report.”

Enriquez said Provincial Board (PB) Member Agnes Magpale used to be “very aggressive and insistent” in sending Belciña to jail.

Magpale heads the provincial women’s council in the PB.

Last year, an 18-year-old woman accused Belciña of raping her thrice. The first incident happened when she was still 17 years old.

But a panel of prosecutors only recommended the filing of a child abuse case in relation to the first incident.

But last month, the woman asked the court to drop the case against the priest because she wants to “move on.”

Enriquez< alleged that the issue is deeper than that.

According to her one-page letter, Vidal sought the help of Danao City Mayor Ramon “Nito” Durano III.

“Mayor Durano cannot say ‘no’ to him; Magpale also cannot say ‘no’ to Mayor Durano,” Enriquez’s letter read.

“The settlement started with Magpale, Durano and Vidal, through his broker (Vidal’s lawyer). Thus, the negotiation prospered,” the letter read.

Without Magpale’s support, the case will not flourish, the letter said.

The settlement allegedly included a public apology, a P300,000 cash for damages and employment for the complainant’s father.

Sun.Star Cebu tried to contact Magpale and Gloria Lastimosa-Dalaw-ampu, Belciña’s lawyer, for comment. Nobody answered the calls.

In an earlier interview, both said that they were unaware of any settlement.

Magpale admitted that Belciña’s apology during a mass at the Barangay Maslog parish church on the last day of 2006 was a demand from the comp-lainant’s family.

Dalawampu belied this, saying there was no mention of the complainant in the apology. The apology was meant for the parishioners who were “hassled” by the issue.

Unaware

Magpale also said she was unaware of a P300,000 settlement. Although she said it was just but practical since the complainant’s father lost his carpentry job in pursuing the case.

Enriquez further claimed, “Atty. (Chezie) Demegillo did not attend the hearing after learning of the settlement efforts because he wanted to pursue the case until the end.”

Demegillo is the com-plainant’s lawyer. But during the hearing for the prosecution’s motion to dismiss, the complainant was represented by Danao City Prosecutor Jose Dionisio Kyamko. (JGA)

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(February 13, 2007 issue)
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Ug matinuod man gani ni, modaghan ang mga abusado sa kapari-an kay naa man diay Cardinal nga molaban sa ilang binuhatan. For me kadudahan bitaw kay ug imong tan-awon ang mga personalities in the story above, iyahay naman silag lihay. Mga reasons like "Wa ko kadungog ana... etc, etc." Gamata lag buntag mga parokyano!

[toryo]

Nganong 3 times man ni ui. Contributory man pod ni ang schoalr nga na-rape. Pagkahuman sa una either osumbong siya sa proper authority o palyo na lang siya sa pari. there is loophole..

[SamuraiArcher]

para nako guilty gyud ang pari....

[trednasyl]

Matay kung maka-simba man gani ko sa ila parokya.... dili gyud hinuon ko mangumpisal anang paria mas dako paman siyag sala nako.... og samot sad nga dili sad ko mukalawat aning paria manimaho palang iyang kamot og B***t (censord) kaluod gyud hinuon tanawn mag-sigi og misa wala uroy siya masunog sige og dupa-dupa sa altar......

[ed168]

basta ako gusto naay "due process" n naay media mo monitor

[LytSlpr]

for me the case should be tried and not settled so that the truth will come out.

for me, the priest is still innocent. i only have 1 benchmark, the people in his parish supporting him and even people from the nearby barangays which is a very overwhelming and significant manifestation of his innocence and the type of people who joined are not the types na mabayran. WHY? because people by nature, RARELY do this which is standing up for others most especially in a very controversial and sensitive issue. kasagaran sa mga tawo, mo palayo gyud na bisan tinuod pa nga walay sala ang pari kay di ganahan madamay.

[dredd41v576]

maybe...anyone is innocent until proven guilty.

[SamuraiArcher]

ang pari ra ug ang babaye ang nakahibalo sa tinu-od nahitabo...daugon na lang gyud sa consensya....ang mga katawhan man gud blind sa tinuod nga batasan sa usa ka tawo..especialy nga public figure.....