PHILIPPINES
GMA News
Mark Merueñas, GMA News April 3, 2012
The Philippine Court of Appeals (CA) ordered the Philippine government to send a former Filipino priest in Fargo, North Dakota — Fernando Sayasaya — back to the United States to face sexual abuse charges filed by two brothers.
In a 23-page decision penned by Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, the CA’s Fifth Division upheld a December 2010 order of the Manila Regional Trial Court to extradite Sayasaya.
Concurring with the ruling were CA Presiding Justice Andres Reyes Jr., and Sesinando Villon.
The Manila court earlier granted a request made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on behalf of the US government to extradite Sayasaya for two counts of gross sexual imposition filed by brothers Hugo and Pablo Zamarron.
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