Interruption Of Religious Worship
On Criminal Law
ART. 132.
ELEMENTS:
1. That the officer is a public officer or employee;
2. That religious ceremonies or manifestations of any religion are about to
take place or are going on; and
3. That the offender prevents or disturbs the same.
NOTES:
Qualifying circumstances:
1. violence; or
2. threats.
Reading of Bible and then attacking certain churches in a public plaza is not a
ceremony or manifestation of religion, but only a meeting of a religious sect.
But if done in a private home, it’s a religious service.
Religious Worship includes people in the act of performing religious rites for
a religious ceremony or a manifestation of religion.
Examples: Mass, baptism, marriage
X, a private person, boxed a priest while the priest was giving homily and
maligning a relative of X. Is X liable? X may be liable under Art 133
(Offending religious feelings) because X is a private person.
Qualified if committed by violence or threat.
ELEMENTS:
1. That the officer is a public officer or employee;
2. That religious ceremonies or manifestations of any religion are about to
take place or are going on; and
3. That the offender prevents or disturbs the same.
NOTES:
Qualifying circumstances:
1. violence; or
2. threats.
Reading of Bible and then attacking certain churches in a public plaza is not a
ceremony or manifestation of religion, but only a meeting of a religious sect.
But if done in a private home, it’s a religious service.
Religious Worship includes people in the act of performing religious rites for
a religious ceremony or a manifestation of religion.
Examples: Mass, baptism, marriage
X, a private person, boxed a priest while the priest was giving homily and
maligning a relative of X. Is X liable? X may be liable under Art 133
(Offending religious feelings) because X is a private person.
Qualified if committed by violence or threat.