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New Jersey expels priest for affair with married Filipina
The Archdiocese of Newark, New “I can’t discuss baby,” said the woman, a nursing
Jersey has expelled a Filipino that,” he said when aide in Bayside, New York.
priest accused of having an affair asked if Pardillada “Apparently, the diocese had
with a married Filipino woman. had admitted guilt,” given him a recommendation to be
The move came after the woman he said. able to serve at Epiphany Church,
came forward with allegations The woman, where he previously served as a
of abuses and misconduct by Fr whose identity is visiting priest.”
Reynaldo Pardillada (right) resulted being withheld The woman said that when
in two forced abortions and one upon her request, said the Pardillada arrived in New York in
miscarriage. relationship, which began in January 2006, he told her he could
Pardillada, 37, a native of Dipolog Dipolog sparked a scandal in the not raise the baby because he’s a
City, was serving at the Epiphany local diocese, prompting it to send priest.
Church in Cliffside Park, at the time Pardillada away. “He told me he didn’t love me and
of his dismissal. “The Diocese of Dipolog, upon the baby was just an accident,” the
A spokesman for the Newark learning that I was pregnant with woman wrote in a three-page letter
archdiocese said the decision to [Pardillada’s] baby, suspended him to the Archdiocese of Newark.
dismiss Pardillada was made after and instructed him to follow me to “He told me it’s better to abort the
an investigation. the US and take care of me and my baby.”
The state capitol in Conecticut may soon have a Filipino legislator in its
roster. Sylvester Salcedo is gunning to represent the 130th state district. 20
Pinoy ex-Navy
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seeks state
senate seat in
Conecticut
Salcedo made headlines when he
opposed Clinton’s war on drugs
A Filipino-American soldier who
returned his military decoration in
BY THE NUMBERS
protest against former President Bill
Amount, in US dollars, proposed by the
Clinton administration for its war on drugs
Clinton’s war on drugs, is seeking a
state Senate seat in Conecticut.
Sylvester Salcedo, 51, announced
his bid to represent the 130th state
representative district of Bridgeport.
1.3B
“I want to win this state represen-
tative seat to be a leader of change,”
said Salcedo, the Minnesota-born life- declared: “The war on drugs is one of
long Democrat, who was raised in the our nation’s longest wars at home and
Philippines from age two to 12. abroad. It is senseless, wasteful and
“I want to lead the way to peace, counterproductive.
understanding and cooperation not “It is highly discriminatory on a ra-
through the politics of fear and racial cial and economic basis.”
and ethnic discord and conflict,” he Salcedo was 12 when he returned
said. “This senseless war on the poor to the US from the Philippines. He
and the voiceless must end.” and his family settled in the Massa-
Salcedo is currently practicing law chusetts area where he finished eighth
at Hodges and Salcedo, in Bridge- grade, high school and college.
port. He joined the Navy and earned a
In January 2000, Salcedo, a retired master’s degree in national security
US Navy lieutenant commander re- and strategic studies from Naval War
turned his medal to Clinton in pro- College in Newport, Rhode Island.
test of the administration’s Colombia After four years of his first active
Initiative, wherein the White House duty sea tour, he returned to Boston
proposed an emergency spending of and got a job teaching Spanish in
US$1.3 billion over two years to ex- the Boston Public Schools for three
pand the American military involve- years.
ment in Colombia for anti-drug op- Meanwhile, in New York, another
erations. Filipino is pursuing his political am-
On the steps of the US Congress, bition. Gonzalo “Jun” Policarpio will
LBC North Point, Shop 82C, Ground Floor, Block 7-14
Salcedo, flanked by Republican Rep- make a second run for Congress in NOW OPEN 233 Electric Road, City Garden Shopping Aracade
resentatives Jim Ramstad (Minne- Queens’ fifth district under the Con-
Tel: 2887 7489
sota) and Tom Campbell (California) servative Party.
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