PHILIPPINES
GMA News
A New York-based Filipino priest named in a multi-million lawsuit in 2008 filed by an alleged female lover took his own life in April during a visit to the Philippines, the Filipino Reporter has learned.
Fr. Elvis Elano reportedly found it too much to bear after his family and community “shunned” and “despised” him over an alleged seven-month sexual liaison with a woman that resulted in the filing of a $25 million suit against him and his Queens parish.
In a suicide note dated April 11 and addressed to his sister, Elano reportedly sought the forgiveness of the people he offended before hanging himself in his native Tabaco City in the province of Albay.
He reportedly flew to the Philippines in October last year to visit his ailing mother.
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