Philippines orders the deportation of Sister Patricia Fox

PUBLIC APPEARANCE. Australian Sister Patricia Fox speaks at the 5th Philippine Conference on the New Evangelization on July 19, 2018, a few hours before she receives the order from the Immigration Bureau to have her deported. Photo by Angie de Silva / Rappler

MANILA, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has ordered the deportation of the Australian Sister Patricia Fox nun, and l 39; included in the blacklist BI, which prohibited him from returning to the Philippines.

The BI ruled that Fox violated the terms of his missionary visa because she allegedly participated in political activities. His lawyer, Jobert Pahilga, provided a copy of the BI resolution on Thursday.

In its resolution, the IB noted that Fox obtained a missionary visa on July 21, 2016, valid until September 5 of this year, "with a limitation that she will return her missionary work to Barangay Amihan, Quezon City. "

" However, Fox is engaged and has interfered in political activities from the north (Tarlac) to the south (South Cotabato) of the Philippines.It works outside of his community, "The IB said

The office continued," Fox violated the limitation and condition of his missionary visa that allowed him to engage in missionary / religious work, not political activities in the Philippines, its presence in the country poses a risk to the public interest. "

Reacting to the resolution, Fox said, "Of course, I'm disappointed, but that's the order, and we'll see what we can do to this subject." [19659006] Few hours before inquiring about the order of the BI, Fox appeared at the 5th Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila [19659009]. The Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and other panelists. Subsequently, Fox participated in a press conference on the PCNE

The deportation order comes after the Justice Department overturned previous BI orders that had waived the missionary visa of Fox.

The Secretary of Justice, Menardo Guevarra, however noted in the resolution that there was a complaint for eviction against Fox at the IB. Guevarra said on June 18: "Until a final resolution of the procedure of visa cancellation and / or expulsion is reached, or until the end of the year. On the expiry of her missionary visa, whichever comes first, Sister Fox may continue to serve as a missionary in the Philippines. " – Rappler.com