Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Traditional healing practitioners Philippines · 2026

Philippines: Supreme Court affirms healer's conviction, ruling his authority voided consent

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Appellate history

2026-02-19

Conviction affirmed; final.

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Convicted

Authority role

traditional healer (albularyo)

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The Supreme Court's own holding states the criterion: the healer's authority and the treatment pretext are what made the victim's submission possible, vitiating consent.

Spiritual healing or treatment
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2026-02-19 · conviction affirmed at final instance

Supreme Court of the Philippines, Second Division. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of a traditional healer (albularyo) on two counts of rape through sexual intercourse and two of rape by sexual assault against a 15-year-old patient, beginning in October 2010, holding that his fraudulent manipulation — persistently portraying the sexual acts as indispensable to her treatment while exploiting his standing as a healer — voided the victim's consent. He was sentenced to up to 98 years with ₱510,000 in damages.

Documented coercion mechanisms

sexual acts portrayed as indispensable to the patient's treatment
community standing as a healer

Cited record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting final appellate disposition 'SC affirms albularyo's conviction for raping patient', SunStar (Philippines), Feb. 2026.: Reports the Second Division ruling, the sentence, and the Court's consent reasoning.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: final-appellate-disposition. SHA-256 120ed91f128a8f803c609af931e40e981e708db47ae3a8158bc789e6e878ac2f
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