LEGAL MATTERS CRIMES AGAINST RELIGIOUS WORSHIP ‘Crimes agaast Rats Worship REVISED PENAL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, Art 132. Inerrption of religious worship. — The Denaty of prison corecional is minimum period Sal be imposed upon any publeofer or enployee ‘iho shal prevent or dstard the cefemontes or man Festatonsofany religion. 1 the ere shall bare beew commited with violence ‘ar thre he penal shall be prison correctonal ‘ts medium and maximum pertots trruption of Reigions Worship 1. The offenders pub officer or employes 2. Theres ongoing or abut to happe religous cer ‘monies or mmaiestatons of a teiten: aad. See Oatender proven or dsr the relsons core- oui of manifestations of ay teliion (de El BY LEM DCL, Cine! Lave Quester and Reviewer Qualities when com td with erat ‘The bao lietenant was ely ofa vclion of Article 135 when be nade an actual teat oa te Life of the Dest shud hele perss in his tation Tosa the fms Av’ ton the tavewas not ele (People 0 Mice CGR No 12990 December 59, 1958) ending the Bible not a ceremony ‘Reading of te Bibl then anacking crain churches ina ble plca nota cetemouy or nafesation of rele jn. bat ely a meatng of ariscus sec. (Pople Roe ot al. COR: No 15683, pre) Art 133 Offending the religions fecings: — The pen- ‘ty of aresto mayor ints macimum period to prison orrectonal nf minimum period shal be imposed ‘pon anyone io, na place dered to religious wor Ship or during the celebration of any regions cers iy shall perform acts nooroasy offensive fo the ere Ings ofthe anny Elements of Article 133 Le 8, Reyes — in his Revised Penal Code Vol. fe 76 fovides Tr the elements of he cine wer Atel 153 RPC. They ae the same elements provided {the dissent of then husice Lael in Pople. ae, GR L-A6000, 25 Bay 1939, En Banc. Coneepcen [10 As define. to esol slments mist be present usr this aie, to wit (1) That the facts complained ‘of were perform in a pce devoted to rela ee ‘Ship or drag the cecbraton of my relist cerem>= ‘yz ad) in the sald ats must Be DHL ‘tins to th feelings of th fatal Notoriously offensive, where ‘Where mst he act notxously offensive 0 the rl ions felings ofthe ‘nfl e performed? Accs Stoald have performed the at” kta pice devoed Feligioustershp ot dmg the celebraon of ay rele ios cen leis an cesar tat tere tlc Siu ceremony gots om en the a4 Was pedo place devoted oligos woes Thc tligionscermcay may’ be celebrated ome ofa nut Religios ceremonies ae those feigous ete Perfo! ome of crc, sich ar processions and Special payers for burying dead pets. (People vs By FR. ATTY. LHEM J. NAVAL, JD ‘Ozamis Archdiocesan Legal Officer Bass, GR. No L-15000, May 25,1939) Notoriousy offensive, when ‘when is a at considered 1 be notoriously offensive to the elgions feelings ofthe ata? ‘Anact is sido be notoriously offesive wo te religious {elms ofthe ffl whan person riicles or makes Tet of antiag const #velisious dosina Woks scoff at acy devoted 0 felis ctemenies plays wat ov dinages or destoys any objet of Wats tion by the fal bid) ‘The acts mst be diected agaist religious practice ot dogma cert for the purpose of ridicule, ts mocking for scoflng a or apt to danaze an obec of rl lous venerion eyes, Te Revised Pend Code, Book B88) 73) Cases decided by Supreme Court ‘The acts mst be diected agaist religious practice ot ogni ecru forthe pepose of rides, te mosking for seoflng aor aexptiag to dazaze an abject of rele lous venation (Pia Pople. Bas, 68 Pil 203) ‘THuowing stone a the mister ofthe Iglesia ui Cxsto ‘who avs preaching or spreding his behets before a ‘rod nots effete elisa felines ofthe init and of the members of the esa ni Cristo who tinessed the incident (Prope ®. Migalon CA-GR Nolse1oR sug 1955) Retuaks that those who baioved that Chis is Goa are fan-Chrst, tha all mene of the Roman Cathie {Cnt ar minke bythe demon that the Pope is the Commande of Satan are notoricsty ofesive othe Telag of the nto (Prope Moro, pra) $m ony and not offending religious fo ‘The crime is nly unjust vexaton wien the 9t i not dist to the rss bi self and te 3 noe ‘eon of causing 0 seis tube a erp Sreliponscerstoay Examples: Ase wile dk used with vied ands while the eonaezaticn of he Aserhiy of Got ws hme ts Seve inside cape ad atepted vo grb he soe lender As-a rt. the meni ofthe ssc ran oo of the chapel andthe service Was discoatited The cine {sit vettion a ace did perform a n10- ouly offre tothe fsings ofthe al People Accused played dace music while a group of Catholics aver abet commence praying the rosary. and refs to tun dova the auplifa when rayestod 10 do so. Crime commited is unjust veyaton ss the offender merely purposely mnoyed the feeling ofthe felons troup for josiable renee, wc at ean be cour ‘dard ntorcnly ofensive tote feelings of heft Bl Pople vs Taner Wile he pasa vas going on the evening of April 10 1933, between tani 12 oclock. the defensive tte piace, caring bolos ad cents, ab sted 19 Cousin a bare wire fence in fou ofthe chapel. The ‘lniman ofthe emits i charge ofthe pabes od to pesiae them to felain om ean ou the plan tyFreninding them of the fet tha Hh Holy Week fd tha ws bighly dnpoper to consnct fence st that tine of the evening Ava lection etaied ‘When the people ending the pabas the chpel an Tove oto ware eating ine yard thereat noteed wat tose bmn. they Boeame exeted nt If the place Thue a ta such cufison tha dices aad scars wate broken and benches toppled over Te pasa was tiscontine, Held The consmeton of @ fence. sven ‘hovel inating and veraious vader de eieamstances to those pra eo cha ata cn he designs 4 "uotrouly offanive (0 We Gi (Peoples Reyes GR No. Lo40577, August 23,1934) Deliberate intent to atthe fesings ofthe faithful Fact: Catholic procession poset » Protestant eet ing on the dls Of the oad. We dhe procession was Iwssing. the Protestant preacher placed pene othe Pope on the wall of 3 bose ad shovted "Here again tug the fols ofthe devouring Bets the Pope” or words familar pot Holt: n order to render the ase able for offending ‘he reliious fois cis nspensble that said ter nces were nade th pice devoted to religions Wor tips cram a place wire the seligiows carey ems being celebrated Acesed inthis ese, as notin std les tt in moter paces, nee religons pro= fession dit approached the place wha he Was preachy ing on inant offensive tothe felings ofthe fh (Cato ‘There iso evidaice tat sccused Ia pu possly deviated fom the opie ot his preaching otha the precesion hd uot apreaced i meeting ples he ‘would not have tered the words cmplained te ‘lence hin steton deliberately tot the felines of Mose acaly engaged i to celcbration of svelgious [Mocesien c¢eefeony. (People vs Geslge Cal 3 Bee. s181.8106, During the celebration of any riglous cermony ‘The celeron of religious ceremony my not be eon fined tote ust place devoted to velisous Woes Religions processans an oer feligho amberis ‘nay utlize public spaces when such cereus are ‘ondcted.Relipionsceemnies may als be contact In cametrie, and oven privte spaces o bates. The conf Hes wih de definition of what would be eewied tobe a “eligous cetenoay” Thee te cone ‘tng lin weir religious ceemeny’ vas Dee ‘condita ne lata here at ecumenical fervent ar cig, le the oder clas that 3 Tass (or religieas service) ves ceniucted calf ows fer the act hasbeen commned while asia ete ‘menial ibe reading event Wheer oe vot the act complained of i offensive to thereligions feelings of the Catolies is 9 qe Ha af fet which amit be judged only acconing to the feuings ofthe Calle and not thse of hor ui ees tis possible a certain acts may offend the felnas of hose ‘vio pofesst crtin raigon, wile ot ore Use ofesive fo the feng of hose professing ate fh People ows 08 Ph 203)