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| He who teach.. doesn't know what he is teaching .. Home wrecker? Father Jeffrey Louie Maghirang |
The former knight of the altar identified as Den Dimalanta, resident of Villa Rosario in Angeles City has formally filed charges of adultery and unjust vexation against Reverend Father Jeffrey Louie Maghirang, newly oriented priest and Arah F. Zablan, wife of the complainant before the Office of the City Prosecutor.
The complainant lamented that he and his wife were happily and peacefully married and living in their conjugal home in Bacolor until Fr. Maghirang came into their life.
“Taking advantage of his position as parish priest, Father Maghirang was able to take the cellphone number of my wife and courted her through text messages and other means, making my once happy family into a miserable one,” Dimalanta cried.
He stressed that notwithstanding the priest’s knowledge of his wife being a married woman and his vow of celibacy as a man of God, he claimed that the Fr. Maghirang seduced his wife into having a secret illicit affair with him and succeeded thereto.
The complainant observed the unusual closeness between the priest and his wife prompting him to conneed electronic gadgets to their family computer to monitor conversations/ chats of users.
In the month of April 2011 (Holy Week), he discovered and confirmed his doubt that his wife and the priest are having an illicit affair.
The complainant claimed that Fr. Maghirang and his wife are frequently meeting each other in a secret place and even talked about their feelings, emotions and their passionate affair through their internet conversations.
To save their marriage and in an effort to stop the illicit affair between the two, Dimalanta executed a letter addressed to Most Rev. Paciano B . Aniceto DD and together with his parents, he went to Mother of Good Council, in this city to have said letter received.
He said Archbishop Cetu and Amung Larry Sarmiento welcomed them and he gave them his letter.
“After reading the letter, the two assured that they will act on the matter. “ Before we leave, Apu Cetu and Amung Larry told me that they very much appreciated my decision in not taking the law in my hand,” he said.
He added that the day thereafter, Bishop Pablo “Ambo” David called him and he went to Holy Rosary Parish Church.
“During our conversation, I was disgusted when bishop Ambo was even protecting Father Maghirang. To show him the truth, I showed Bishop Ambo my laptop and he was shocked in reading one of the message sent by Fr. Maghirang to my wife which reads, SIGE NA BABES SLEEP NA TAYO GAGAWA PA AKO NG HOMILY, (Babes, let’s sleep, I have to prepare my homily) Dimalanta said.
The complainant narrated that the day thereafter, Maghirang was suspended from being a priest.
He furthered that he and his wife separated and went back to their respective families, leaving their conjugal home unmanned.
“Thereafter, I confronted Fr. Maghirang as to the veracity of his iilicit affair with my wife. The priest admitted his illicit affairs with my wife but later denied the same when confronted by his superior Bishop David of Holy Rosary Parish Church.
The complainant said he has great respect to the Catholic Priesthood but the alleged immoral acts of Fr. Maghirang cannot be tolerated as he pointed out that the priest should be dismissed from priesthood.
He claimed that the priest disobeyed his vow of celibacy and obedience, disrespected his sacred family, and led an immoral life, which is contrary to his priesthood vocation.
“Continuous service of Fr. Maghirang in the priesthood would destroy the high respect of Catholics and other religious members of our society to Catholic religion,” he added.