“According to Section V of the same ordinance, any person who commits any of the acts prohibited shall be criminally liable and penalized accordingly and in the case of a juridical person, whether public or private, the manager, head and the officers thereof shall also be criminally accountable and responsible without prejudice to other liabilities, if any,” De Guia said.
“Assumption Iloilo, in adopting a definition of immorality that includes homosexuality, is complicit in discriminating children of diverse SOGIESC and runs counter to the notion that schools are safe spaces,” De Guia said.“As a Christ-centered educational community, it is their moral responsibility to provide a more equal and accepting safe space for all students, regardless of gender expression and sexual orientation,” she added.
“In including as well ‘trial marriage’ and ‘live in’ in the definition of immorality, and thus grounds for expulsion, the school also runs the risk of discriminating against women and young girls, including solo parents, or students who are born out of wedlock,” De Guia said. Assumption Iloilo has released a statement insisting that its rules were grounded on the Catechism of the Catholic Church , a set of guidelines in teaching Catholics that was promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1992 to commemorate the anniversary of the Second Vatican Council.