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A 59-year-old public school teacher in Cebu, Philippines was acquitted of sexual harassment charges filed by a former female student in 2015. The judge dismissed the case as the complainant, who was 12 at the time, showed no interest in pursuing it further. While the complainant alleged the teacher pulled up her skirt and touched her thigh, the teacher denied the accusations. Witnesses also provided affidavits stating the complainant was not sexually harassed and that the teacher has a medical condition preventing fast movement.

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CEBU

A 59-year-old public school teacher in Cebu, Philippines was acquitted of sexual harassment charges filed by a former female student in 2015. The judge dismissed the case as the complainant, who was 12 at the time, showed no interest in pursuing it further. While the complainant alleged the teacher pulled up her skirt and touched her thigh, the teacher denied the accusations. Witnesses also provided affidavits stating the complainant was not sexually harassed and that the teacher has a medical condition preventing fast movement.

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CEBU, Philippines — A 59-year-old public school teacher was acquitted of sexual

harassment case filed by his female student in 2015.

This after Judge Jose Nathaniel Andal of the Regional Trial Court Branch 24
dismissed the case against Carlito Quijano, who teaches Home Economics and
Livelihood Education (HELE) at Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu City, after
complainant, then 12, showed no interest in pursuing the case.

“As prayed for by the accused, on ground stated in his motion dated April 4, 2019,
specifically the lapse of 2 years since this case was provisionally dismissed on
February 27, 2017, the dismissal is hereby considered permanent and with prejudice,”
read the order.

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news/2019/07/22/1936867/teacher-cleared-sexual-harassment-
case#Yz4BG8pQYVuCBcpR.99Quijano and his wife, who is also a public school
teacher, were happy of the development of the case.

Quijano allegedly summoned the complainant and her classmates to HELE classroom
over their non-submission of lettering project on March 9, 2015.

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news/2019/07/22/1936867/teacher-cleared-sexual-harassment-
case#Yz4BG8pQYVuCBcpR.99In the course of their conversation, the complainant
said, she was asked to submit either a rope or show him her thigh.

The complainant reportedly told Quijano that she preferred the rope since she would
just text her mother to buy it.

But Quijano allegedly wanted to see the student’s thigh by holding and raising her
skirt. The student quickly moved away, but the suspect kept asking her to show him
her thigh. The teacher later pulled up her skirt and touched her thigh.

He denied the accusations hurled against him.

One of the complainant’s classmates executed an affidavit, saying the latter was not
sexually harassed.
The student said they were met by Quijano during his scheduled class from 9:40-
10:20 a.m., not at 12 noon as claimed by the complainant.

Quijano’s two co-teachers, also executed an affidavit, stating no unusual incident


happened on that day.

The teachers claimed that Quijano is suffering from a nerve disorder, barring him
from moving fast. (FREEMAN)

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news/2019/07/22/1936867/teacher-cleared-sexual-harassment-
case#Yz4BG8pQYVuCBcpR.99

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