No. 17A 1375 In the Supreme Court of the United States Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayaguez and Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico, Petitioners, V. Yall Acevedo Feliciano, Sonia Arroyo Velázquez, Elsie Alvarado Rivera, et. al., Respondents. OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION FOR STAY PENDING PETITION FOR CERTIORARI Directed to the Honorable Stephen Breyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit GERMAN J. BRATJ-RAMIREZ Counsel ofRecord ANTOMO BAuzASAN'ros BAUZA BRAU IRIZARRY OJEDA SILVA P. 0. Box 13669 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908 Ph. (787) 710-8262 [email protected][email protected]Counsel for all Respondents June 19, 2018
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No. 17A 1375
In the Supreme Court of the United States
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayaguez and Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico,
A. The Legal Personality of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico Has Been Recognized by this Court ..............................................................1 Its Dependencies Act as "Part of' the Catholic Church................................2 The Catholic Church was Sued and Appeared in the Present Case............3 The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Issued an Injunction Directed Against the Catholic Church ..........................................................................4
B. The Dioceses Were Aware of the Implications of the Injunction .................6 The Catholic Church Did Not Present Any Evidence as to its LegalPersonality ...........................................................................................6 The Court of First Instance Ruled that the Catholic Church Disobeyed the Injunction...............................................................................7 The Issue Regarding the Catholic Church's Lack of Legal Personality Was Untimely Raised and Based Solely on Canon Law...............................8 Applicants' Petition is Inconsistent with Ponce v. Roman Catholic ApostolicChurch ................ . ......................................................................... 10 Under Church Law, all Churches in Puerto Rico are Grouped in an Ecclesiastical Province, which Enjoys Legal Personality......................11 This Court Should Give Fair Deference to the State Supreme Court .......12 The Attachment Order is Directed Against the Catholic Church ............... 13 Respondents Are Suffering Irreparable Damages......................................14 The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Did Not Intrude Into ChurchMatters ............................................................................................15
0. The Catholic Church Cannot Be the Judge of its Own Obligations...........16
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE .....................................................................................18
LIST OF APPENDICES
Court Documents
Motion to take Judicial Knowledge filed by Respondents on June 6, 2018 (in Spanish), Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ......................................................... A-i
Motion filed under Rule .43 of the Regulation of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court filed on August 14, 2017 (in Spanish), Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ............... B-i
Other Materials
Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Secretary of the Department of State of Puerto Rico (in Spanish) ................................................................................... C-i
Application for Admission to Practice at the Supreme Court of the -
Ponce v. Roman Catholic Church in Puerto Rico, 210 U.S. 296 (1908) .......................1
Agostini Pascual v. Iglesia Católica 109 D.P.R. 172 (1979)..........................................1
Asoc. De Vecinos de Villa Caparra v. Iglesia Católica, 117 D.P.R. 346 (1986)......................................................................................................1
Barnes v. E. Systems Group Hosp. Medical & Surgical Ins. Plan, 501 U.S. 1301 (1991) ....................................................................................................13
Bateman v. Arizona, 429 U.S. 1302 (1976) .................................................................12
Graves V; Barnes, 463 U.S. 1315 (1983).........................................................................12.
Iglesia Catóiica v. Registrador, 96 D.P.R. 511 (1968)...................................................1
Iglesia Católica, etc. v. Combate Tobacco Corp., 42 D.P.R. 376 (1931)........................1
Iglesia Católica Apostólica yRomana v. Fournier, 34 D.P.R. 753 (1925)....................2
Iglesia Católica Apostólica yRomana v. Monclova, 37 D.P.R. 797 (1928)...................2
Iglesia Catállca Apostólica y Romàna V. Muthcipio de Arecibo, 39 D.P.R. 695 (1929).........................................................................................................1
Iglesia Católica Apostólica yRo.mana, etc. v Muñicipio de Hatilo, 59 D.P.R. 191 (1941).......................................................................................................1
Iglesia Católica Apostólica yRomana de Puerto Rico v. Collazo, 47 D.P.R. 636 (1932).......................................................................................................1
Iglesia Católica Apostólica y Romana de Puerto Rico v. Ping Morales, 55 D.P.R. 34 (1939).........................................................................................................1
Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S. 595 (1979) ..............................................................................15
La Iglesia Católica, Apostólica y Romana en Puerto Rico v. El Municipio de Bayanón, 18 D.P.R. 839 (1912).....................................................................................2
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La Iglesia Católica, Apostólica yRomana do P.R. v. Registrador, 72 D.P.R. 847 (1951).......................................................................................................1
Ponce v. Roman Catholic Church in Puerto Rico, 210 U.S. 296 (1908) .............1,2,13
Rios v. Iglesia Católica, Apostólica yRomana do P.R., 62 D.P.R 100 (1943)...............1
Rostker v. Goldberg, 448 U.S. 1306 (1980)..................................................................12
Santos v. Holy Roman Catholic andApostolic Church, 212 U.S. 463 (1909) ..............1
Times-Picayune Publishing Corp. v. Schingkamp, 419 U.S. 1301 (1974)..................12
Vdlez Colon v. Iglesia CatOlica, 105 D.P.R. 123 (1976).................................................1
Actum Praeclare issued by Pope Leo XIII on January 20, 1903................................11
Catholic Canon Law Art. 431 § 2.................................................................................11
Catholic Canon Law Art. 432 § 2.................................................................................11
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Come now respondents, through the undersigned counsel, and respectfully
state in opposition to Applicants' Application for Stay:'
A. The Legal Personality of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico has been recognized by this Court.
In Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, 210 U.S. 296 (1908), this
Honorable Court recognized the legal personality and "corporate existence" of the
Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in Puerto Rico; see also, Santos v. Holy Roman
Catholic and Apostolic Church, 212 U.S. 463, 465 (1909) ("the legal personality of
the Roman Church, and its capacity to hold property in our insular possessions, is
recognized").
As a legal entity, the Catholic Church can be sued to seek compliance with its
patrimonial obligations. In the aftermath of Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic
Church, the Catholic Church has appeared as a party in numerous cases before the
Puerto Rico Courts.2
1 The undersigned attorneys are new to the practice of this Court, whose jurisdiction they did not actively invoke. We were notified of this Honorable Court's request for our input on the afternoon of June 14, 2018. Within the limited time available, we have made our best effort to acquaint ourselves with the rules and formalities of Supreme Court practice. Our request for admission was submitted shortly before this document was filed. We apologize in advance to the Court if, in our haste to comply with the Court's orders, any errors of form have been committed.
2 See, for example, Asoc. Do Vecinos do Villa Caparra v. Igiesia Católica, 117 D.P.R. 346 (1986); Agostini Pascual v. Iglesia Católica, 109 D.P.R. 172 (1979); Vélez Colon v. Iglesia CatOlica, 105 D.P.R. 123 (1976); Iglesia CatOlica v. Registrador, 96 D.P.R. 511 (1968); La Iglesia CatOlica, ApostOlica yRomana on P.R. v. Registrador, 72 D.P.R. 847 (1951); RIos v. Iglesia Católica, Apostdlica yRomana de P.R., 62 D.P.R. 100 (1943); Iglesia CatOlica Apost011ca yRomana, etc. v. Municipio de Hatillo, 59 D.P.R. 191 (1941); Iglesia CatOlica ApostOlica y Romana de Puerto Rico v. Fuig Morales, 55 D.P.R. 34 (1939); Iglesia CatOlica Apostólica y Romana de Puerto Rico v. Collazo, 47 I.P.R. 636 (1932); Iglesia CatOlica, etc. v. Combate Tobacco Corp., 42 D.P.R. 376 (1931); Iglesia Católica, Apostólica y Romana v. Municipio do Arecibo, 39 D.P.R. 695 (1929); Iglesia Catdlica, ApostOhca y
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B. Its Dependencies Act as "Part of' the Catholic Church.
In Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, the Catholic Church was
represented by a Bishop. 212 U.S. at 297. in many cases before the Puerto Rico
Courts, the Catholic Church has acted through its dioceses and occasionally,
through its parishes. The common practice of Puerto Rico authorities has been to
accept the actions of the different components of the Catholic Church, as being
proper representatives of the same. This practice is illustrated by the certificate
issued by the Puerto Rico State Department, included by Applicants as Appendix R.
In page 10 of its application, Applicants partially cite the first half of the
certificate, omitting what Respondents feel is the most important part. The
complete text of the certificate is reprinted below:
IT IS CERTIFIED: That, pursuant to the Treaty of Paris of December 10, 1898, the "ROMAN CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CHURCH" has its own legal personality as it is a part of the Vatican state and, thus, does not have to register as a corporation in the Department of State.
IT IS FURTHER CERTIFIED: That any division or dependency created under said legal personality will be part of the same, for which reason the "ARCHDIOCESES OF SAN JUAN" does not have to register in the corporate register. (Spanish) (Our translation) (Original Emphasis) (App., p. R-1).
That is, according to Commonwealth of Puerto Rico authorities, even if a
dependency of the Catholic Church is not separately registered, its capacity to act is
nonetheless recognized, as "part of' the Catholic Church.
Roma.r25 v. Monclova, 37 D.P.R. 797 (1928); Iglesia Católica, Apostóllca y Romana v. Fournier, 34 D.P.R. 753 (1925); La Iglesia Católica, Apostólica y Romana en Puerto Rico v. El Municipio de Bayamózi, 18 D.P.R. 839 (1912). This list is not exhaustive.
C. The Catholic Church was Sued and Appeared in the Present Case.
Respondents are 184 teachers, former teachers and employees of three (3)
catholic schools in Puerto Rico. Almost two (2) years ago, Respondents commenced
the present action before the local Courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto. Rico,
seeking specific performance of their duly contracted pension rights.3 Specifically,
retired Respondents sought an injunction to force the Catholic Church to resume
payment of their retirement pensions, which had been discontinued. (Church
official claim the pension fund became depleted and suspended all pension
payments on June 30, 2016.)
The suit was directed against the Catholic Church and the Pension Fund
Trust (the "Trust") in charge of the last remaining funds available for payment of
the pensions. The three (3) catholic schools, the Archdiocese of San Juan (the
"Archdiocese") and the Superintendence of Schools for the Archdiocese of San Juan
(the "Superintendence") were also included in the action, as dependencies
("dependencia?) of the Catholic Church. The Archbishop of San Juan, Mons.
Roberto Gonzalez Nieves, was also named in the complaint as representative of the
Archdiocese and the principal active church official in Puerto Rico. (See App., P-i)
(Spanish). Respondents claimed that they were employees of the Catholic Church,
because they worked in parochial schools belonging to and operated by the Catholic
The three (3) parochial schools are Academia Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro, Academia San José and Academia San Ignacio de Loyola, all located in San Juan. Respondents filed separate suits for each of these three (3) schools. The cases were duly consolidated.
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Church and because none of the three (3) schools had corporate existence separate
from the Catholic Church.
The Catholic Church appeared in the case, answered the complaint, and filed
numerous motions, vigorously resisting Respondent's claims.4 Although they all
lacked a valid corporate certificate, the Catholic Church caused all three (3)
parochial schools to appear through separate counsel as if they were wholly
independent parties, a move which was vehemently opposed by Respondents.
D. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Issued an Injunction Directed against the Catholic Church.
After several other proceedings, on July 18, 2017, the Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico issued a preliminary injunction in Respondents' favor, ordering the
continuation of pension payments by the employer of the petitioners, pending final
disposition of all claims in the case. (App. J-1 to the Stay Petition, p. J-11).
In its judgment, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico determined that
Respondents are suffering irreparable damages as a result of the termination of
their pensions which, for many of these retired school teachers and employees, is
their sole source of sustenance. (App. J, pp. 7-8). The Court stated:
"Besides its answer to the complaint and several dispositive motions, the Catholic Church filed, or made more than two dozen other appearances in the case, usually appearing jointly with the Archdiocese and the Superintendence, but also appearing alone, in some of the motions. Some of these filings were enumerated in the ¶ 5 of the motion filed by Respondents before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico on June 6, 2018, included here as App. A of Respondents' Opposition. (The document is being filed in Spanish because Respondents have not had the opportunity to obtain a proper translation. Translated version will be submitted by Respondents in due course.) With their motion, Respondents included the first page of each motion filed in the Court of First Instance, where the appearance of the Catholic Church was noted, and included the docket number for each filing. This Court can take judicial notice of the docket of the Puerto Rico Superior Court, Case No. SJ2016CV00131, which is available online at bttps://unired.ramaiudicialpr/sumac/, and confirm that the Catholic Church was an active participant throughout the Puerto Rico litigation.
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It remains to be determined who is obliged to continue the payments to the petitioners while the lawsuit reaches conclusion. ... "[Pilaintiffs have presented evidence to show that the Academia San Jose' and the Academia San Ignacio de Loyola have never been incorporated5 and that Academia de Perpetuo Socorro was incorporated, but its certificate of incorporation was cancelled in April 2014 due to its failure to render the reports required by law. Therefore, since the three are also parochial schools, the petitioners argue that the three academies are commercial names ('doing business as') of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, for which reason it is principally responsible for the obligations contracted with the plaintiffs. We consider that the origin of the argument of the petitioners would be better. served through an evidentiary hearing held by the Court of First Instance. (App. J, pp. 10-11).
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ordered the Court of First Instance to
"hold a hearing to determine if the defendant schools have legal personality and,
thereupon, order the continuation of pension payments by the employers of the
petitioners, whether the corresponding Schools or the Church". (Emphasis added)
(App., P. J-ii). Thus, the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico's mandate contemplated
that, upon determining that all three (3) parochial schools lacked corporate
personality, payment of the pensions should fall upon the Catholic Church, who
was the main defendant in the case and who had actively participated in all*
proceedings.
5 Applicants represent to this Court that San José was incorporated. This was done on January 5, 2018, after the Puerto Rico Supreme Court July 18, 2017 ruling. Said incorporation does not apply retroactively to protect the Church from liabilities incurred at an earlier date. Applicants also claim that San Ignacio is administered by the Society of Jesus. Under the existing covenant between the Jesuits and the Catholic Church, the Church retains the title over the school, the Jesuits being obliged to maintain all school property and accounts separate from the property of the Order. During the evidentiary hearing, respondents presented evidence to show that the Society of Jesus maintains its own retirement plan, which applies to its High School. The employees of Academia San Ignacio, which is the elementary school, belong the Archdiocese's retirement plan, because the school is a Church property.
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E. The Dioceses Were Aware of the Implications of the Injunction.
Applicants were fully aware that the Supreme Court's decision would impact
all dioceses, which are dependencies of the Church. On August 14, 2017, the
Conference of Catholic Bishops in Puerto Rico filed an arnicus curiae petition with
the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, alleging that the Court's decision would have a
crippling effect on the Catholic Church and that it would affect "all catholic
churches in all of Puerto Rico" ("todas las Iglesias católicas en todo Puerto Rico").
(Respondent's App. B, p. B-3) (Spanish).6
F. The Catholic Church Did not present Any Evidence as to its Legal Personality.
The evidentiary hearing ordered by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico was
finally held on January 30, 2018, after being delayed by Hurricanes Irma and
Maria. The evidence presented at the hearing centered on the legal personality of
the parochial schools. Respondents showed that all are parochial schools and that
the Archdiocese of San Juan is responsible for alitheir administrative decisions. No
evidence whatsoever was presented by the Catholic Church at the hearing
concerning the legal personality of its different dioceses or parishes. The only
evidence to that effect was presented by Respondents and consisted of two (2)
certificates issued by the Puerto Rico Department of State for the Archdiocese and
the Superintendence, which demonstrated that Catholic Church dependencies did
6 Lacking a translation of this document, it is also being submitted in Spanish. A proper translation will be filed by Respondents in due course.
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not have to register with the Puerto Rico Department of State corporate register,
because they are considered part of the Catholic Church.7
G. The Court of First Instance Ruled that the Catholic Church Disobeyed the Injunction.
After the issue was submitted to the trial judge, the proceeding was further
delayed by the Catholic Church's unsuccessful attempt to remove the case to federal
court.
On March 16, 2018, the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance issued its ruling,
holding that none of the schools had a legal personality separate from the Catholic
Church. (App. I.). Following the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico's July 18, 2018
injunction order, the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance directed the Catholic
Church "to immediately and without any further delay proceed to continue to make
payments to plaintiffs, as provided in the pension plan, while this claim continues."
(App., p. 1-8). Ten (10) days later, on March 26, 2018, as the Church had not
complied with the injunction, the Court of First Instance, acting sua sponte,
declared that the Catholic Church was "in breach of our order" and ruled that "[i]n
view of the foregoing, as well as the reckless attitude assumed by defendants, such
party is ordered to, in the final span of 24 hours, proceed to deposit the sum of 4.7
million dollars with the Accounts unit of this Court." (App., p. H-2). The Court
7 Applicants only include the first of the two (2) certificates in Appendix R of its Petition. (The second is attached hereto as Appendix C of this Opposition). (This document is also in Spanish, but a translation shall be submitted by Respondents at a later time.) It is uncontroverted that the Superintendence is a Catholic Church dependency lacking separate legal personality. Its certificate and that of the Archdiocese are identical in all respects, save the identity of the named party. The certificates thus tend to establish that the Archdiocese is a Church dependency and considered "part of' the Church by the Government of Puerto Rico (hence it does not have to register as a separate corporation).
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warned that "if this Order is not complied within the established term, we shall
proceed to order the seizure of bank accounts of the Roman Catholic and Apostolic
Church in Puerto Rico." (App., p. H-2).
The Catholic Church did not comply with the Court's order. Upon
Respondents' request, an attachment order was issued on March 27, 2018 (App. G-
1). Contrary. to Applicants' assertion, the attachment was not ordered as a
provisional remedy to secure an eventual judgment, but rather under the Puerto
Rico Court of First Instance's civil contempt power, to force compliance with the
injunction issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico on July 18, 2017, which had
directed that, if the schools were found to lack legal personality, pension payments
would fall upon the Catholic Church.
H. The Issue Regarding the Catholic Church's Lack of Legal Personality Was Untimely Raised and Based Solely on Canon Law.
It was at this late stage that the Catholic Church appealed to the Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals, asserting that the injunction issued by the Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico on July 18, 2017 was ineffective, alleging that it was directed against a
nonexistent party, the Catholic Church. The Catholic Bishops sought to intervene
in the case, also asserting that the Catholic Church is inexistent. The Catholic
Church's and the Bishop's allegations were not based on any evidence (since none
had been presented by the Church regarding this issue). Instead, the Court of
Appeals was invited to take judicial cognizance of Canon law precepts which
showed that the Catholic Church considers dioceses and parishes to have legal
personality of their own.
The Court of Appeals sided with the Catholic Church, relying on Canon law
to rule that the Catholic Church did not have legal personality. (App. F-i). This
ruling was reversed by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. (App. A- 1). The Supreme
Court of Puerto Rico ruled that, for purposes of its contract obligations, the issue of
the legal personality of. the Church was a question of secular law and concluded
that, from the point of view of government institutions, the different dioceses and
parishes in Puerto Rico were not separate from the Catholic Church, but rather,
part of the Church. (App. A, pp. 15-16). The Court denied the dioceses' requests for
intervention, concluding that they were already represented in the case by the
Catholic Church. (App., p. A-6, n. 3).
Applicants' Stay petition is a collateral attack against the judgment issued by
the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico on July 18, 2017, in a case where the Catholic
Church had been actively participating. Under the garb of separation of Church
and State, the Catholic Church is seeking to overturn the Supreme Court of Puerto
Rico's injunction order directing that, if the schools were found to have no separate
legal personality, pension payments would then fall upon the Catholic Church.
What applicants are asking this Court to do is to rule that there is no single
legal person known as the "Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in Puerto Rico", but
rather a myriad of Catholic churches, each with its own separate personality.
According to the sworn statement filed by the Archbishop of San Juan before the
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Supreme Court of Puerto Rico: "[t]here is no single entity of the Catholic Church
that represents or oversees all Catholic entities in the territory." (App., K- i). The
applicants contend that, since the Catholic Church does not exist, the orders issued
by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rico Court of First Instance
directing payment of the Respondents' pensions by the Catholic Church are
ineffectual.
What the Church is trying to do is to justify its non-compliance with the
injunction issued against it. As stated by Mons. Roberto Gonzalez in another
affidavit ified before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico:
The orders issued by the Court of First Instance on March 16 and. 26, 2018 and the Puerto Rico Supreme Court on May 24, 2018, are directed to the "Roman Catholic, Apostolic Church in Puerto Rico." As such, the Archdiocese of San Juan cannot comply with said orders because none of them, based on their plain language, are directed to the Archdiocese of San Juan, or me, as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Juan. (App., L-1).
That is, the Catholic Church seeks to assert that it did not breach the Puerto
Rico Supreme Court's and Trial Coures orders that it pay the pensions because said
order was directed to an inexistent party.
I. Applicants' Petition is Inconsistent with Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church.
The legal personality of the Catholic Church was recognized in Ponce v.
Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, supra. Applicants' contention that there is no
Roman Catholic Apostolic Church in Puerto Rico is simply at odds with said
precedent, as well as with the numerous other precedents of the Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico where the Catholic Church has appeared as a party. In the extant
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case, the Church was the named main defendant, appeared and participated
actively throughout the proceeding. As previously stated, it was not until the
Puerto Rico Courts ruled against it, that the Church raised the claim that it does
not exist as a single institution.
J. Under Church Law, all Churches in Puerto Rico are Grouped in an Ecclesiastical Province, which Enjoys Legal Personality.
The characterization offered by Applicants of the Catholic Church's internal
structure is self-serving. It is simply not true that, as a question of Church Law,
there is no entity that represents or oversees all Catholic entities in Puerto Rico. In
pages 6 and 21 of its Application, Applicants cite Canon law. The Court is
requested to take judicial knowledge of arts. 431 and 432 of the Code of Canon law,
available online at the Holy See's site: www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104. Article
431, in its § 2, commands that "individual dioceses and other particular churches
within the territory of - some ecclesiastical province must be joined to the
ecclesiastical province." (Emphasis added). Article 432, § 2, states that an
ecclesiastical province possesses juridical personality.
The ecclesiastical province of Puerto Rico was created in January 20, 1903 by
the Actum Praeclare issued by Pope Leo XIII. In suing the Catholic Church in
Puerto Rico, Respondents were directing their claims at a legal person that fully
exists, both under Church Law and under this Court's precedents, and that
includes all catholic churches in Puerto Rico.
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K. This Court Should Give Fair Deference to the State Supreme Court.
A Justice of this Court should only grant a stay pending appeal under
extraordinary circumstances. Graves v. Barnes, 463 U.S. 1315, 1316 (1983). Due
respect for. the principles of comity normally necessitates a demonstration of
compelliiig necessity before a single mandate of the highest court of a state should
be stayed. Bateman v. Arizona, 429 U.S. 1302, 1304 (1976). In all cases, that the
lower court has refused to stay its order pending appeal should weigh heavily in the
decision by this Court to issue a stay. The burden is .on applicant to rebut the
presumption that the decision below --both on the merits and on the proper interim
disposition of the- case-- is correct. Rostker v. Goldberg, 448 US. 1306, 1308 (1980).
This presumption deserves greater respect when the applicant is requesting the
Court to interfere with the judicial process of a state. Bateman v. Arizona, 429 U.S.
at 1304.
In order for a. stay to be issued, the applicant must show that there is a
reasonable probability that the certiorari will be granted, that there is a significant
probability that the judgment below will be reversed and that there is a likelihood
of irreparable harm to applicant if the judgment is not stayed. Times-Picayune
Publishing Corp. v. Schlingkamp, 419 U.S. 1301, 1305 (1974). The existence of
these conditions is not, by itself, necessarily sufficient to issue the stay. Equitable
discretion will deny the stay when a balance of equities does not support it. The
likelihood that denying the stay may cause harm to the applicant may be
outweighed by the likelihood that granting it will cause irreparable harm to others.
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Barnes v. E-Systems, Inc. Group Hosp. Medical & Surgical Ins Plan, 501 U.S.
1301, 1305 (1991).
Here, Respondents sustain that there is no reasonable certainty that the
óertiorari will be granted or that the judgment of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
will be reversed. Applicants' petition constitutes an untimely attack on the
mandate issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico almost a year ago, in its July
18, 2017 judgment, when it ordered payment of the pensions to be made by the
Catholic Church, should the trial Court find that the schools lack a separate legal
personality. The remedy then issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico against
the Catholic Church was proper and reasonable, because said party had been
included in the case as the main defendant and had acted as an active participant
in all proceedings. It was not until the Catholic Church defaulted on the order to
pay issued by the Trial Court that the issue of the inexistence of the Catholic
Church was first brought up. Such argument is at odds with this Court's century-
old precedent in Ponce v. Roman Catholic Apostolic Church, where it was ruled that
the Catholic Church is a legal person in Puerto Rico.
The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico refused to stay its order, even when
requested to by the Catholic Church. Deference is due to said Court's judgment.
L. The Attachment Order is Directed Against the Catholic Church.
The attachment order issued by the Trial Court in March 27, 2018 is directed
against the Catholic Church and its assets. If, as Applicants claim, they are
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separate parties from the Catholic Church, there should be no reason to anticipate
that any of the dioceses will be affected.
Applicants' petition shows that the dioceses know and acknowledge that the
orders direàted against the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico include and extend to all
Church dependencies. If so, Applicants have acted in contempt of court, openly
defying the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico's order. of July 18, 2017 ruling that
Respondents' pensions should be paid by the Catholic Church. As officials of the
Church, Applicants are covered by the injunction order issued by the Puerto Rico
Supreme Court.
M. Respondents Are Suffering Irreparable Damages.
As the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ruled in its July 18, 2017 judgment,
retired Respondents are suffering irreparable damages due to the elimination of
their pensions. Respondents are mostly elderly individuals, who were promised
pension benefits as part of their compensation package with the catholic schools
they worked for. Respondents have not been paid their pensions for over (2) two
years. Some of them have lost, or are in danger of, losing their homes. Others, who
suffer from serious and debilitating health conditions, are unable to pay for their
medical costs, including cancer treatments. Late last year, Respondents faced the
humanitarian crisis that affected all island residents in the aftermath of
Hurricanes Irma and Maria, without being able to count on their pension income,
which they depended on for their basic living sustenance.
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In the balance of equities, granting the stay requested by Applicants will
continue to affect Respondents, who have already suffered and continue to suffer
irreparable damages.
Respondents do not much care whether their pensions are paid by the
Catholic Church or by a particular diocese. Applicants rely on the present issue,
however, to continue to delay payment of a debt which is undisputed. It is
uncontroverted that the three (3) schools located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, are
parochial schools owned and operated under the aegis of the Archbishop of San
Juan. Said prelate, however, continues to insist that the Archdiocese has no
obligation to comply with the injunction issued by the Supreme Court of Puerto
Rico, because the order was addressed to the Catholic Church, and not to the
Archdiocese.8 This is simply untenable.
N. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Did Not Intrude Into Church Matters.
Ordering a church to pay for a contractual debt is a neutral action that does
not burden the exercise of religion or otherwise involve the state in religious
matters. Jones v. Wolf, 443 U.S., 595 (1979). As the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
observed, "we are before a purely contractual dispute regulated by local law among
private parties." (App., p. A-14). What the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ordered
would have been a proper remedy against any other private employer.9
8 The Archdioceses was included in the complaint, as a dependency ("dependencia") of the Catholic Church and has appeared alongside it throughout the proceeding.
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0. The Catholic Church Cannot be the Judge of its Own Obligations.
Ultimately, what the Catholic Church seeks is to be allowed to determine by
itself whether to honor an obligation imposed by civil authorities. In this case,
church liability follows as a corollary to its corporate existence. The Catholic
Church is responsible to Respondents for the contractual obligations incurred by its
officials when Respondents were first recruited as teachers and employees in the
parochial schools operated within the Archdiocese and in other locations on the
island. This is the same principle that would apply to any other ñoirreligious
corporate employer in Puerto Rico.
Applicants would seek to confuse the issue by framing it as a question of
internal Church structure. There is nothing in the ruling of the Supreme Court of
Puerto Rico that changes the way the Catholic Church has traditionally operated in
Puerto Rico. The fact that the dioceses are held to be "part of' the Catholic Church
in no way impedes them from contracting with third parties or holding property,
because Puerto Rico authorities allow Church action to occur through any
representative chosen by the Catholic Church. What the Catholic Church cannot do
is have the dioceses enjoy the rights and privileges granted to a religious entity (in
this case, not having to register in the Commonwealth Puerto Rico's corporate
Under the Employees' Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), an employer is jointly liable with the sponsor for any financial insufficiency of the plan to pay for the employees' vested rights, 29 U.S.C. § 1363; 29 U.S.C. § 1362(a). The Archdiocese of San Juan's plan was modelled on ERISA principles, which were contractually adopted in the text of the plan. In the case of respondents, the Church is both the sponsor, and their employer, because the schools lack legal personality of their own. The reason the present case is not covered by ERISA is that the plan is a Church Plan, 29 U.S.C. § 1003(b). Thus, respondents were obliged to seek a remedy in State Court.
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registry), while maintaining that they separate entities from the Catholic Church.
You simply cannot have your cake and eat it, too.
Applicants must comply with the orders and injunctions issued by the Courts
of Puerto Rico, the same way any other private employer must.
WHEREFORE, Respondents respectfully request that this Honorable Court
deny the Application for Stay submitted by Applicants.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, this 19th day of June, 2018.
2 _ZLI /&) GERMAN J. RAMiREZ USDC PR No. 202805
Counsel of Record ANTONIO BAuzA-SANTos BAUZA BRAU IRIZARRY OJEDA SILVA P. 0. Box 13669 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908 Ph. (787) 710-8262 [email protected][email protected] Counsel for all Respondents
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
hereby certified that on June 19, 2018, I caused to be sent by the United States mail as well as email copy of the foregoing to the counselors of record:
GENE C. SCHAERR Counsel ofRecord MICHAEL T. WORLEY SCHAERR I DUNCAN LLP 1717 K Street NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 787-1060 gschaerischaerr-duncan.com Counsel for all Petitioners/Applicants
FRANK TORRES VIADA BUFETE FRANK TORRES-VIADA P0 Box 192084 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-2084 [email protected] Counsel for Diocese ofArecibo
FELIx J. MONTAIEZ-MIRANDA P0 Box 364131 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4131 [email protected] Counsel for Diocese of Caguas and Diocese of Fajardo-Hwnacao
Jost R. RIVERA-MORALES JIMENEZ, GRAFFAM & LAUSELL P0 Box 366104 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-6104 [email protected]
FRANK ZORRILLA-MALDONADO P0 Box 191783 San Juan, Puerto rico 00919-1786 [email protected]
PEDRO A. BUSO-GARCIA SCHUSTER AGUThO LLC LITTLER GLOBAL 221 Ponce de Leon Avenue 15th Floor San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917
Counsel for Archdiocese ofSan Juan
FERNANDO B. AGRAIT-BETANCOURT Centro de Seguros Bldg., Suite 414, 701 Ponce de Leon Avenue San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907 [email protected] Counsel for Diocese of Mayagaez
JORGE ALEXIS TORRES-MONTES 3260 Emilio Fagot Avenue Ponce, Puerto Rico 00730-4603 [email protected] Counsel for Diocese ofPonce
CESAR RosARlo VEGA ADSUAR MU1IZ GOYCO SEDA & PEREZ-OCHOA, P.S.C. P0 Box 70294 San Juan PR 00936-8294 [email protected]
EDA MARIEL AYALA MORALES P0 Box 360481 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-4428 [email protected]
CARLOS A. PADILLA-VELEZ P0 Box 194109 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00919-4109 [email protected]
GERMAN J. WRAU-RAM1REZ USDC PR No. 202805
Counsel ofRecord ANTONIO BAuzA-SANTos BAUZA BRAU IRIZARRY OJEDA SILVA P. 0. Box 13669 San Juan, PuOrto Rico 00908 Ph. (787) 710-8262 [email protected][email protected] Counsel for all Respondents
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No. 17A 1375
In the Supreme Court of the United States
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Ponce, Arecibo, Caguas, Mayaguez and Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico,
APPENDIX TO OPPOSITION TO APPLICATION FOR STAY PENDING PETITION FOR CERTIORARI
Directed to the Honorable Stephen Breyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and
Circuit Justice for the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit'
GERMAN J. BRAU-RAMIREZ Counsel ofRecord
ANTONIO BAuzA-SANTos BAUZA BRAU IRIZARRY OJEDA SILVA P. 0. Box 13669 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00908 Ph. (787) 710-8262 [email protected][email protected] Counsel for all Respondents
June 19, 2018
LIST OF APPENDICES
Court Documents
Motion to take Judicial Knowledge filed by Respondents on June 6, 2018 (in Spanish), Supreme Court of Puerto Rico .......................................................... A-i
Motion filed under Rule 43 of the. Regulation of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court filed on August 14, 2017 (in Spanish), Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ................ B-i
Other Materials
Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Secretary of the Department of State of Puerto Rico (in Spanish) ................................. . .................................................. Cl
Application for Admission to Practice at the Supreme Court of the UnitedStates .........................................................................................................D-1
MOCION PAPA QOESE1OME coNbclMiENTd JUDICIAL DIE côMôEWcIAs ..DE LA IGLESlA.ATOLICAY OTROS EXTREIVIOS
•L HONORABLETRIBU(AL: . •
COMPARECEN. a trvs de la- reptesenacln legal .qQe suscIlbe, lot o.Fortatios n
lot fres (a) cas6s slida&s-de eprtaf y tespetuosarnente-expoaen:
t Ei el preslehte. cas, Se emanaoa Ia. IglesTe cafo.rrcs, là 4Ue fUb. InlöláTrnài
•6sIg4a gpm p iIesia batIic ApostôlIm on ia Isle .de Pie)tØ tn ..
422)- tambin se dnando ta e Sari Iun y. 2 la, iiteflçtncla de .la
-. Ethelas Pat6llcasi de ía Aiqiidl6cesis do -San Juan, amaS come dependans dè• a qiesra
- aça
2 La :ØersonàIidadjuriica 4e la 1gIesiaat6llcapara .dernandal-yser dernanda.
h .ustrjühsdioiôrf fU16 tecoñocidà -hace .rnás de Lr sgJo por [ TrunalSurem0 4 loss
EStàdoE, JJrfido6 eh WnldipalitV of Ponce V. Romali Cthcl1aesfcIic Church, jO U.5 290-
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(1908). Exlsten docenas do cases de este Tribunal donde la Iglesia Católica he figurado coma
parte.
3.- La Iglesta Católica incluye a todas sue dependenclas.1
4. • En el caso tie marras, to Iglesia Católica presentó numerosas cômparocencias al
litiglo, ]as quo so encuentran registradas en al doàket del caso SJ2016CV00131 an all sistema
SUMAC. El 13 de junlo do 2016, to Iglesla presento una (1) Moción para Asumir
Representaón Legal (Documento #8), junta con Ia .Arquldlócesis tie San Juan y In
Superintendencla, y aclarO quo su verdadero nombre as Iglesla Católlca Apostótica y Roniana.
•5. La Iglesia Católica tamblOn presentO [as sigulentes comparecencias adicianales:
(2) MaciOn infórmativa Sabre CitaciOn del 14 do jiinio do 2016 (Documento #10): (3) OposiciOn
a MociOn Solicitando Orden de Cese y Desista del 14 do Jun10 de 2016 (Documento # 15);
(4) Soflcltud Conjuntä dk3 Desestimaclon del 14 tie junlo do 2016 (Documento #16); (5) vista del
17 do junta de 2016 (Documento#33); (6) MacIon an Cumplimiento do'Orderi dcl 20 do junta do
2016 (Documenito #38). (7) Replica Breve del21 de junlo de 2016 (Documento #41): (8) vista
del 24 do Jun10 do 2016 bocurnento #47); (9) Oposlclón del Iro do Julio do 2018 (Documento
#58); (10) Macion sobre CcnsolidaciOn do Pleitos del 5 do Julio do 201 (Documento #63);
(11) MaciOn en cuniplirniento do Orden del 7 do Julio do 2016 (Documntq #68); (12) MoclOn
lnforrnativa del 30 do agosto de 2016 (Documento #115); (13) ContestaciOn a la Demanda del
Ire do sept1ernbre de-:2016 (Documento #119); (14) vista del 14 do soptiombre do 2016
(Documento #131); (15) OposiciOn del 31 de enero do 2017 (Documento #184); (18) vista del
31 tie mayo do 2017 (Documento 4329); (17) vista del 15 de agosto do 2017 (Documento
#402); (16) MociOnAsumlendo RepresentdclOn Lègal del 26 do diciembre de 2017 Documento
#473): (19) MocIOn Asumiendo RepresentaciOn Legal dot 4 da enero do 2018 (Documento
#480); (20) MociOn Intormativa del 9 de enero do 2018 (Documento #496); (21) MociOn
inforrnativa del 12 de 'enero de 2018 (Documento #508); (22) MociOn lrifonnativa del 15 tie
enero de 2018 (Documento #510); (23) OposlclOn del 22 do enero tie 2018 (Documento #518);
(24) DOjifica del 23 de enera do 2018 ,(Dócurnento #521); (25) Macion Sabre MoclOn
SiiptementarIa del 24 de enero do 2018 (Documento #527); (26) MoclOn en Tornô a Orden del
30 tie énero tie 2018 (Documento #566); (27) Macion Solicitando Desglose del 30 de enero de
2018 (Documento #566); (26) Macion de DescallflcaclOn del 30 do enero do 2018 (Documento
I RaJo el Derecho Canonico, Jo pi-ovincia ecleslástica agrupa a todas [as diOcesis y parroqulas de un ternitorlo. VCarise ]as Cántines 431 y 432. La Provincia EcleslásUca de Puerto Rico fuc estableclda el 20 do enéro de 1903 mediantoel breve apostOlico Actum Pracciare del Papa Leon All.
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#570).
8. Se solicits de este Tribunal quo tome conocimiento do estas ccrnparecencias,
todas las cuaies obran en el record del caso. Junta can Is presente moclén, so acornpana
sepia de Is primera pegina de cada documento, do donde se desprende Is bomparecencia a
• nombre do a iglesia ctóHca.2
7. La comparecencia do Is Iglesia Cat011ca fue suscrita par los distinguidos colegas
de la .firma. do Schuster & Aguilá, quo son los mismos. abogados que ante al Tribunal de
Apelaclonesy este for, alegan quo Is iglesia Catóca no exists.
• B. El record refleja quo, prevlo a Is vista quo so cetebró ante el Juez Superior
Anthony Cuevas el 30 do enero do 2018 pai-a dilucldar Is personafidad lurid lea do Ia Academia
• Perpotuo Socorro, Is Academia San José y Is Academia San Ignacio, no se le planteó al Juez
Cuevasque Ia iglesia Católlca no exIstiera. Este argumento so fonnulô par vez primers ante el
Tribunal de Apelacione, luego de qua el Tribunal hublera emitido su orden del 27 da inarzo do
• 2016, Is quo ordenabael embargo de los Octivos do Is Iglesia Católica y sus dependencies.
- 9. El propésito de Is parts demandada al alegar quo Is lglesia Catótice no existe as
incumplir Is orden do injunction emitida par este Honorable Tribunal medTante su sentencla del
18 de-juo de 2017 an el case CC-2016-1053. to quo sostiene Is Iglesia as quo Ia orden de
este Tribunal fue un acto ineficaz, porque fue dlrigida contra una parte inexistente. So pretends
• - tamblén alegar quo las depondonclas de is jglesta son enhidades independlentes de ésta ante
• el derecho, a poser do 4ue no han sido Incorporadas conforms a Ia dispone Is Ley.
10. En eEla etapa del procedimiento, Is Iglesia ha centratado a una bateria de
abogados pam asurnir Is represontaclén separada de sue dependencies. Se prefiere gastar an
abogados a pagarie a lqs maestros peticionarios, los quo estén sufriendo severas penurias
• económlcas per Is eiiniinacIón do sus perisiones. -
- 11. Results bochornoso qua los prelados do to Iglesia sostengan pbiicaments quo
Is IgIèsia Católica nd existe.
12. La parts peticionarla entlende quo Is conducts de Is Iglesia ha sldo.conturnaz,
porque dlcha porte habla comparecido al litiglo. Entendemos qua Ia Iglesla no puede alegar
- share, qua no exists.
2 En el case de los Documentos #473 y #480, estamos acompariando Is totnlidèd de Ia mcción, Ia quo Indica a nombre de qulSn se aLmI6 Is representaclón legal. -
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• 13.. Similarrnente contumaz ha sido la negativa do Ia Iglesia a cuñplir con Ia orderi
emitida par este Tribunal el pàsado 24 do mayo do 2018.
POR TODO LO dIAL, respetuosamente se soflc!ta do este Tribunal que tome
conocimlento do lo informado en esta moción.
CERTIFICO:. Haber notifucado copia de este escrito mediante correc electrónico a:
• . Ledo. José J. Santiago Meléndez y Ledo. Jose .A. Ruiz Garcia, SCHUSTER AGUILO, LLC,
P0 Box 363128, San Juan; PR 00936-3128, isantiagosaIawcr.com, iruizsaiawor.com:
Ledo. José 0. Ramos Gotzãlez y Lcda. Yolanda V. Toyos Olascoaga, RAMOS GONZALEZ
- ESTADO LIBRE ASOC]ADO DR PDRTO- RICO TT)NAL DR PRIMERA INSTANCtA
• CENTRO JIJDICL&L DR SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR
YAM ACEVEDO .FRLI(14N0, JOHN • - • WULIAMS BBRMUDEZ y la SocieW Legal do Bienes Gananciales compuestapor ambos etain Civil NiintSJ2O16CVQO131(907)
• ndantea. •.
• - • SOME.
• • V. ORDRN DR CESE 2 DESISTA.Y/O
•LA mNTA IGLEStA. CATOLICA APOSTOLJCA DNCI1ON; SENTRNCIA EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO,' INC. DECLARATORIA CUMPLIMTENTO • repreentada por MONSENOR. ROBERTO DE CONIRATO; .]1vfPEDIMRNTO GONZALEZ NIBVRS, en su capaoidad. de POR ACTOS PROMS, IA&OS Y Arzobispo do San .Tuan, ci ala; .ARQU]DIOCESIS PERJUICIOS
• DE SAN WAN; ACADEMIA DEL PERPETUO SOCORRO; SUBINTENDEMCIA DR LAS • ESCUBLAS CATOLICA49 DR LA
• ARQUJDIOCBSIS DR SAN JUAN FIDEICOMISO • DEI PLAN DR PE4SION PARA EMPLEADOS • DB ESCUELAS CATóICAS
Dcmandadoa -
• : MOCrONPAPA. ASUM1R RRPRJISRNTACXON LEGAL.
AL HONORABLE FbRO: -
COMPABECEN in iglesia Católica Apostólica y Rómana lncorrctatnentc demandada
• como In Sautn Igleala Cat6lica Apostólica en Ia lain de Puerto alco. Inc. .("Iglosa Cat6lica'); la
Arquididcesfs do San Jumn.4q. Puerto Rico, representada pot ci AxzobLo M froplifam 4e la.
Axquldi6ceths dc Sau.7uan do Puerto Rio, Mousaor Roberto GonzUet Nievea, Ol!M
(Arcjuiióces&'); y 1a Superintendoncia. dc Escueias Caiólicas d San Ipan
• ("Superindcacia'), rCesentados por lea abogados quz.suscxiben y, nany respetuosnthente
EXPaEN, ALEGANY SOIJCITAN: '.
• 1. Las pates tomparccientes han tontratado los serviclos do los abáadóa
ssciibiites pam asmifr in rresentathon legal en ci case do epfafe. • •: - -
• • . 2. Sc solicits, respetuosameuth a este . Honorable Thbuual que autoxice Ia
recsontaclón legal. do los abogados suscribientes en ci caso dbl dpfgrafe y ordene a In
Secretaria, ala paxte 4emandante ylos codetondados ue tdrvan 4e notificimos too escrito y
orden cpji so radiquc o-expida on lapresente aoción.
• FOR TODO tO CUAL, muy rwjxtLiosamcnto so le soNciti a ate Honorable Tribunal
• qua tome conocimienta do lo autos expuesto y, pot ccnsiguiento, se acepte Ia rcprescnts-ción legal
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ESFADO LIBRE ASOIADO DE RURRTQ RICO • -.
- TRIBUNAL DR PRIMRA INSTANCL& -. CENTRO JUDICIAL DR SAN JUAN
BAJA SUPERIOR:
YALI ACEVEDO PELICIANO, JOHN A. • w]ILIAMS BBRMUDEZ yb Sociedad Legal de
., . + le a1cn sJaIJaL4uJa¼.q WMSyUU.3La1JuS.a1J.LIJJ.b '-U aL.
Cvi1Nito. 512016CV00131, Dcmandantes
V. SOBRE:
LA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA AposTOLrCA dRDHNDECESE YDESISTA Yb EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO, INC. INJUNCTION; SENTBNCIA reptesentada par MONSENOR ROBERTO DECLARATORIA CUIvIPLIMIEI"TO GONZALEZ NIVES an an capac4dad de DR CONTRATO; IMPED]MENTO Afzbispo do SanJua, etals; ARQUIDIOCSIS POR ACTOS PRQ?IOS, DM.OS Y DE SAN JUAN; AOADB1vffA DEL PERPBTUO PBRJIJICIOS SOCOP.P.O; SUPINT - ENDENCIADELAS ESCUELAS CATOLTCASDB IA
• ARQUIDIOCESIS-DE SAN JUAN; FIDEICOMISO • DEL PLAN DR PENSION PARA. EMPLEADOS
DEESCUELAS CATOLICAS -
De62i,dado5
MOCXON ZNPORMATIVA SOBER CITACXO$
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL, . ..
çOMPAEECEN1a Iglesia Católica Apostôlica y Roana, incorrectarnente demandada
COma 10 Santa Iglesia Càt6lica ApostoUca en In Isla do Puerto Rico, Inc. (Igbeala Cat6lica');1a
Aruidi6cesis do San Juin do Puerto Rico, representada por ci Arzobispo Metropolitano do Ia
Mquidiócesia de San Juan de Puerto Rico, Monsoor Roberto Gonzalez Nieves, OPM
C'Arquidi6ee9is"); yla Superintendenoia do Escuclas Cat6llcas de San Juan ("Suprthtcmidenei&'),
representadas par el abogada quo suscribe, yrespetuosameñte EXPONEN y SOLICITAN; -
1. En este caso, hay una vista do (njunction preliminar seaIada pars. el .iriartos, 14 do
junlo do 2016, • • • -
• 2. 111 13 dojunio do 2016, los Deizandantes djarou-uxia.Cttac(dn on la Arquidióceths
dirigida a Lüis Ramos Zapata,, ox-Director çle Raouxos Humanos del Arzoblapado de la
Axquidiocesis, par qua date comparezca a is. vista do injunction dl4 dejunlo do 2016. Yn
Anejo 1. .
Bsmosya nd es omploado do1aAquIdioosis.
Sogda surge del dorso do ia iefeiida citaoi6, La mnisma no ie eutregadá a-Luis
Ramos Zapata sino a"Diana Ldpez, Secretaria." Vige 1.
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CFZlTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JtTAN SALA SUPERIOR
vAI,rAcEvEDo JLICL4NO, JOW A. • -
WILLIAMS BERMtJDBZy la Sociedad LegaHe Beñea nanciales coinpuosta per anabos, et ala.
Ciyii Nxn. 532016CV00131(907) Deanandantos
V.• so
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LA SANTA IGLESJA CATOIICAAI'OSTOUCA. OPDENDR CESEYDESISTAY/o. ENLAJSLADE PUERTO JCO,.INCI. INJUNCTION, SBNTENCTA representada par MONSOR ROBERTO DECLARATORIA CtJMPLIMIENTO GONZALEZ NIBVE5, ensu capacidad do BE CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTO Mzobispo do San.Iuan, et ala; ARQU]DI6C8Is POR ACTOS PROPIOS, DMOS Y DR SAN WAN; ACADEMIA DEL PERPETUO .PJJICXO$ SOCORRO; S-UPEMTENDENCIA BE LA ESCtiEIS CATOLICAS DE LA ARQU]DIOCESIS DE SAN JUAN; PIDEICOMISO DL- PLAN DEPENSIONPARAEMPLRADOS.. •
DR BSCI)EIAS CATOLICAS
Demanclados
oposIcIONAMocrONSoueTANDO ORDENDECESE YDESISTA Yb INJTJNCrION Y EMBARGO BE FOND OS
ALBONORABLE tBtAL -
COMPARECEN la Iglesin Cat61ca Apost6llca y Ronana, fncorrecthxnente domandada
como La 8aata Iglesia Católica Apostólioa en la -Isla do Puerto Ricoh Inc. ('41esia Catàlica"); la
Adióena de San Iuan de Puerto Rico, rrésentada per at Arzobispo Mctropolitano do la
Axquldiócesis do San Juan do Puerto Rico, Monsefior Roberto GnzãIcz -Nieves, OFM
Anpiidiócesis"); la Stiperiatendencia deEscuelas Catá1ios de San Juan (S xintendncia');
el Fldeicomiso del Plan do Paiones do las Escuclas Católioas do l Axquidi6cesisde San Jith
C'Fideiconiiso"); y la Aoadçxnia del Perpetuo Socorra CAPS"), representados pot los abodos
quo susoribeny, muyrepetoosanente, EXPONEN, ALEGAN Y SOLIC]TAJ'
L INTROD1JCCION : • El 6 do Junlo do 2016 los demandantea dot epfgrJ; 66 alegados nistxd, exnplôados y
-emplados do la APSI presentaron unaDemanda en cL osab Civil ,Ndoa- gPB2016-I 626 (90
contra la ATh, in IglesLa Catdliea, Ia Axquidicesis, in Supermntondençia-y ci F1deioomiso
Alegaràn, en esenoi quo: (1) son benoficiaios del Plan do Pensiones pain Empleados de
• Bscue1aa Católicas de Is. Arquldiócesis do San Juan ("Plan'T); (2) se anunciÔ la eliminaeión del
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-. c.ENThD JUDICIAL DR SAN JUAN
SALA SUPERIOR
VAT! A t 7nrrt nT .TrrA7m1 TrUKT A • WILLIAMS BERMODEZ yla Sàoicdad Legal do
Bienes Ganancialos compuestapor axübos, et ala. Civi[Ndin. 532016CV00131(907)
Dtes
L4 SANTA IGLESIACATOUCA APOTOLICA oRDEN DE CESE YDESISTA1/O EN LA ISLA DBPT)ERTO.RICO, INC. INJUNCTION; E1'TE1CIA representadapor MONSENOR ROBERTO DEC AR.TOR1A CUMPL'IlvfiENTO GONZALEZ NMVMj an sai capactdad do DE CONTRATO;1MPBDIMENTO Mzobiapo do San Juan, cL a1s ARQUIDI6CE515 POR ACTOS PROPIOS, DAOS Y
• DE SAN JUAN; ACADEMIA DEL PBRPETUO PEPJOICIOS SOCORRO; SUPERINTENDENCIA DR LAS ESCUBLAS cAT6fAcm DR LA ARQ11]DI6CESIS DR SAN IEIAN; FUDRICOMISO DEL PLAN DE I'ENStONPARA EMPLEADOS - -
-DRESCUBLAB CATêL1CAS .
.Demandados.. -
• SOLXqTIJ)) CONJIJNTA DR DESRSMACIÔN
AL BONORABU TRIBtJNAL:
• COMPAREçEN- la Iglesia Católica ApostólicLjRiimaua, incarrectamcnte dethandada
coo la Santa Iglesia çatolica Apost6lica en Ia Tala de Puerto Riio, me. ("Iglesla CatóIlca); la
Axquidioeesis do San Juan de Puerto Rico, reptesentada por at .Aizobispo Metropolitano do la
Axqutdi6cesIs do Sap Juan do Puerto Rica, Monseftor Roberto Gonzãiez Nieves, OM
("Arquidiócesis"); la Supezin endenela do Escuelas Catàlicas de San Inad ("Superinitendeicia);
at Fldeiconsiso del Plan do Pensiones do Las Bacuelas Catôlicas de Is. Axquiaiocesis do San Juan
(Fideiooniiso"); y La Acadeniia del Perpetuo Socorro ('APS"), réprescntados per Los abogadcs
qua suscriben y, sony rçspetaosarnente, RXPONEL ALEGAN Y SOLICITAN
I. JN'IRODUCCION
Bate caso versa abbrela elimhiación do un beneficio marginal, a saber, an plan do ostiro,
quo so ccncedid a los dthndantes, 66 alegados maestros, empleados y. ex.enip1oados.de la APS.
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SalaSupèrlor
• YALI ACEVEDO FEUCIANO YOTROS CM1 NOm. S32016CV00131 Parte demandante
: V. Salon: 907
• SAA IGLESIAAPOSTOLJCA EN• -
• LA ISLA pE PUERTO RICO YOTROS Sobre: INJUNC77ON .
Parte4emandada.
MNUTA S
Cornpaeco a la vista de Interdicto prefipiinar y perrnanente el • Ur— German' Brau Ratnez Lic. RarnOn Dapena Guerrero y Uo. RosJ,gela
San Filipo Resurrle en representaclOn de Ia parts demandant. En
• representaciOrt do Ia lglesia Catáfica ApostOIIca y Romana. La AzquldiOcesis • - de San Juan y La Superinteridencia de Escuelas CatOlicas de San Juan;
comparece el Uc. Jairne L. Sanabria Montafez y Ia Lb. Maria Isabel Re. En • -
- representacion de Ia Academia Perpetuo' Soborro, comparepen los - - ipresentantes IegaJes Yolanda Thyos Olascoaga. Maria E Rodriguez
• - L6pe2 y JosO. Ramos GonzAlez. Pot el Fldelcomiso del Plaji de PensiOn • para Empleados de Escuelas CatOlicas, comparece all tic. Frénk Zonilta •
.. - Maldonado VIblic.CorslisRamos.
-
Iniclados los precedimierrtos y, a p(eguntas del tribunal sobre Ia •
- moción do desdajificaclOn presentada pot Ia Academia Perpetuo Sthcorrn.
• en el qua saindica que ha existido relaciOn de abogadn/cliente entre etLlo.
Antonio Baua Santos y Ia parte deniandada. all Uc. Brau Saritos expresa
• que el Uc. Báuza no se encuentta en Puerto Rico v estará a Dartir dpi
- prdximo iurtes.20 de Iulo de 2016.
• •
S •• Pot otrparte, of Uc. Brau Santos sostiene quo Ia Academia Perpetuo
Socorro no cuenta con personaiidad jurldica Dicho asunto tue • ampliamente dicutido en corte abierta por los abogados lidgantes.
• El Uc.Brau express que Is. peticiOn do los dernandantes tate do des
• sollcitudes de rernedio provisional; 1. Pare que se contIne pagando Ia
• peision a lee personas qua Ia reciben adtuaimente, do modo qua pueden
• rnantener el-statUs quo de Ia controversia, mlentras se litigan las difarenolsa • e los hechos en el presente caso 2. El embargo de aseguratniento do
ESTADO LThRE ASOCIADO DR PUERTO RI(O TRIBUNAL DR PE1MEEA INSTANCIA
• • • CENTRO JIJDICL4L DR SAT JUAN -.
• •. SALA SUPERIOR •
YALIACEVEDO FELICL4NO, JOHN A. •
WJLLLAMS BMtJDEZ y la Sociedad Legal do • . Bienes Ganancialesuotapueatapor ainbos,etals. •
• . Civil HOrn. Si2016CV00131(907) Demandantes
- v. • SOBRE: • .
LA- SANTA IGLES A CATOUCA APOST6LICA ORDEN DE CESE Y DESISTA Yb EN LAISLA DE PUERTO RICO, INC. INJUNCTION; SENTNCIA
• repreaentadapor MONSENOR ROBERTO DBCLARATORIA; CUMPLIMIENTO • GONZALEZ NIEVBS, cnn' capacidad do DR CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTO
- AXZOb1SpO do San Juan, at ala; ARQUIDIOCESX PORACTOS.PROPIOS, DAFOS Y • DR SAN JUAN; ACADEMIA DEL PERPETUO PEPJUICIOS
SOCORO; SUPERINTENDENCIA DE LAS -•
ESCUELAS CATOLICAS DR LA. ARQUIDIOCBSIS DR SAN JUAN; FIDEICOMISO
• DB PLANDE PENSiON PARAEMPLEAbOS •
DR ESCUELAS CATOLtCAS .• -
• Demandados
MocION EN çUMPLThflENTO. DR ORDEN
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
• •
COMPARECR la Igleaf a Cat611c ApostOlica y Romans, incorreoamente denithrdada
• : como 1i Sanfa Iglesia Catãlica Apostólica an Ia Isla do Pderto Rico, Inc. ("Iglesia Catóical.
- reprosentada pot ls:abogados quo suscriben y, muy respetuoaaniente; EXPONE, ALEGA Y
• ••. SOLXC]TA:
1. Mediante Orden do 17 dejunlo do 2016 el Honorable Tribunal ordenô ala Iglesia
• Catdlica a expresarsd entomb a Ia "Mocida acreditando falta de personalidad Juz:fdica do Ia
Academia del Perpotiio Socorro y ci estatus patronal do l. glesia Catdlica y irbs eztremos".
- 2. Do enfrada, debemos sefialar que, "de acuerdo con el Tratado de Paz do Paris del
• • 10 do diciembre de 1898", ]a.Iglesia Católioa "tiepe [on propia] personaildad juzfdica", or lo
- cualno tiene quo registrarse coma corporaci6n ante ol Dattamento do Eatado del EstadoLibre
•
• Modadode Puerto Rtco. Waso 1. •
•
.• • •
3. Pot otro lado, in Arquididcesis de San Juan do Puerto Rico ("Arquididcesis') es ci
• #azo. operacional de la Iglesia Católica an la zona metropofltana do San Juan y está regida-por ci
Monsador Roberto Octavio Ganzóloz Nieves, O.F.M., coma Aizobispo -Motropolitano de la
- 1
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• 801EC11 /21f201 11024* 'M ia 1.48-4 •
• • - • ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DR PUERTO RICO
TRIBUNAL DEPRIMERAINSTANCIA CEM'RO JUDICIAL DR SAN JUAN
- SALASIWEX1OR
YALI ACEVEDO FELTCIANO, JOHN A. • - W]LLIAMS BEBMtJ1)13Z y la Sooiedad Legal de
• Bienes Gananciales cdmpuestaporarnbos, et ala. •
.. Civil Mm. S12016CV00131(907) • - - Dernandantes -.
• V. SOB1E; -
LA SANTA IGLESIA ëAT6L1CAAPOSTOLICA ORDEN DE CESE Y DESISTAY/O • EN IA JSLADE PUERTO RICO, INC. INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA
• representada por MCSENOR ROBERTO DECLARATORIA; CUPLilvIlENTO • GONZALEZ NIEVES, en su capacidad de DR CONtRATO ]MPED]IvENTO
• • ..- Anobjo de Sanjuan, at ala; ARQUlD16CBS18 POR ACTOS PROPIOS, DAOS Y DR SAN JUAN; ACADEMIA DEL PERPRTUO PRFJUICIO SOCORRO; SUPERINTENDENCIA DR LAS
• - ESCUELAS CATOLICAS DR LA
• AItQtJIDIOCESIS DR SAN JUAN; P]DEICOMISO - DEL PLAN DE PENSION PAPA EMPLEADQS •• ••
porno la Santa Iglesia Ctälica Apostólica en Ia Isla de Puerto Rico, Inc; 'Ig1çsiaCat6licaP);1a
•Arquidióccsls do SañJuan de PuertoRlco, representada par el Arzobispo Metropolitaño de Ia
Anpzidióceals de San Juan de Puerto Rico, Monseor Roberto Gonzalez Nieves, OFM
• - - ("Axquidiónesis"); Ia Superintendencia de Escuelas Católicas de San Juan C'Superintcndencia');.
ci Fideicorniso del Plan tie Pensiones tie las Eàouelas Católicas de la Arquidióesis tie San Juan
• -
• C'Fideicorniso"); y la-Academia dcl Perpetuo Socorro ("APS"), represeetadospor los aboados
: que süscriben y, mu4espetuosaniente, EXPOIEN, ALEGAN Y SOLXcITA.N:
- 1 El 17 de junlo -tie 2016, los demandanes presentaron una "Oposición a rnocin
• conjunta tie desestimación". En e] párrafa 25 tie la miarna, los dexuandantes hicieron Li siguiente
expresión: • • •
•
• • •
Ma inavox-ja de ]as escuelas participaLftM en - el Fideicornisó • • • tampoco flemen personalldad iurIdica. SègIn expicado, dichas
• • • entidadefüncionan bajo la.supervsi6n de laAxquidióoesis de San • Juan, como dependencias tie Is IgIcaii Catalicâ. ElFideicomiso, quo
• es In entidad juridica a quien se ha asignado Is adminislraeión tie
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Esrado Libre Asociado do Puerto Rico .
• Tribunal do Primera instancia Centro Judicial do San Juan
Sala Superior
YALI ACEVEDO FEL1CIANID V OTROS Civil Mim. S32016CV00131 Porte demartdanta
- (SJ2016CkV0t43)
-. V.. S • •
• SafOn SO? .
• • • LA SANTA iGLEStAAPOSTOUCA EN • : LA ISLDUTO RICO YOROS
Porte demandada Sabre: INJUNCTiON
• MINUTA
-. - Comp.aroco a Ia vista do descaflficacidny t4sta do lateidicro preliminary pen? ante el tic. German Brau Ran. Lic. RamOn Dapona (U6rrerO y to.
tic. Rosnge1a San Filipo Resumia an representad6n. de Ia Paris domandanta,
• •. Adiclonalmente, cdmiaece ci La. Antonio Souza Santos. En resenIaci6n do Ia Iglesla Ce1:61!q. post6ilca y Ramona, La Arquldi6cesis do San Juan y, La
• - Supezlntendencia do Eacuelas Cat6licaa de Sari Juan; comparece ci tic. isirne L
• • . . Sanabria MontaAsz y Ia tic. Maria Isabel Ray Canclo. En rapreseritacldn de Ia.
• • Academia 1'erpetUb Socorro, comparecen los Ilcenclados(as) Yolanda Toyas
• • Oiascoaga. Maria E.. Rodriguez Lopez y Jos6 0. Ramos Gonzáiez. Per. at
• FideIcomo dl Plan do PensiOn para Emp!eados do. Escuetas CatOlicaz, •
. comparcOe ci L1c Frank Zoulfla Maldonado y Ia Lb, Corally It Ramâs Prado.
• • . Luego do quo so convocara para record, ci casa S32016CVOO.31 y at - .. • SizO16CVaL4,sedsspao, coma sigue
.
• • . . En relaciOn el-coon 532016CV00143. el tribunal hae coristat' qua, par
economia procesal, oltO a ha partes Iltigantes de arnbos casos a Ia tnisma hora.
En cuanto.etlloenciamiento do too ornolazamienths an dichd caso. 01 tribunal • . • • perrnitd l&aymontaoión. Por tanto, it Uc. Brau Ramirez so express y presenta
dop certlficaclones do citaclOn sot coma al ahipiazarnientd dltgenciado ala Santa
-S - Iglesia Caa5llca. El tribunal los recibe a Informa qua at émpiazamiento ccntra Ia • •• • Iglesba, Iae dejando cop/a de los dxurnentos a egente auto,frado pfo.4o
• . • Guzmd,s •. • •
• . •
E,cpuesto IC ar5ec1or, adara at Uc. Sanabria quo on ese coso tue • .
0 • • demandada Ia Santa Iglesia CatOilca ApostOlica an Ia Isla do Puerto Rcaclasa •: -
que so trata do Ia Iglesla CatOiica Ortodoxà de Constantinople. Per tarito, los
• dernarrdantes emplezan a una corporacl6n què noes Ia parts demandada an esre • case, ya qua su.rircsentado as La Santa igieslCatOiicayApost6lica
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• ESTADO LJBRE ASOCJADO DR PUERTO RICO. • V • TRIBUNAL DR PRERAINSTANCIA.:
• CENTRO JUDICIAL DR SAN JUAN. •
V • V BAJA SUPERIOR
Y.ALI ACEVEDO. BELICIAitO, JOHN A. WILLIAMS BBRMUDBZ y Ia Sociedad Legal do Benes QnanciaIes'coinpuesta por ambos; et als.
• - CivilNirii. 5J2016CV00131(907) • Demandantes
v. SOBEZ:
- - LA -SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA APOSTOLtCA ORDHN DR CESE Y DESISTA Y/O EN LA ISLA IDE. PUERTO RICO. NC. INJUNCTION; SBTENCIA. representada par . MONSENOR ROBERTO DECLARATOFIA; CUMPLIMIENTO
• GONZALEZ NIEVES, on su capacidad do DR CONTRATO; Th4PEDIMENTO • Araobio do San'Juan, at ala; ARQtflDIOCZESJS POR ACTOS PROPIOS, DANOS Y
DE. SAN JUAN; 4cADBMIA DEL PBR1'BTUO PERJUICIOS V SOCORRO; SUPERJNTBNIDENCIA DE LAS
BSCI.]ELAS CATOLICAS DE LA .
• V ARQtJIDIOCESIS DE SAN JUAN; PIDEICOMISO
DEL PLAN DE, PENSION PARA EMPLEADOS V • DEESCUBLASCATOLICAS
bemandados
•
V
oPosICION A"MOCION PABA. QUE SE POSPONGA ADJTJDICACION DE •
•
V • •.'SOLICITCD DR REMEDIOS PRO'VISONALES"
V
• AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
V COMPARECEN la Iglesia Catfici Apostolica y Rmana; Ia Arquidlidcesis do San Juan
do Pueto Rioo, ropreaenada pore] .AxzobLo Metropolitino do laArquidi6cosis do San Juan do V
Puerto Rico, Monsellor Roberto GonzIez Nieves, OEM ("Axquidiócesis");• laSuperinfendenoia
V do Escuelas Catdlioa de San-Jim ('Superintendencia"); y el Pidicoiniso del Plan, do Peniones
• • • do las Escuelas Católicaa do la Arquidiócesis de S.an Juan ('Pideicomiso"), reprosentados por los
• bogads qua 8u50r1ben y, zany rcspetuosarncnte EXPONEN. ALEGAN Y SOLTCITAN:
• I. Inexplicable a insólitaniente, el 30 de jwiio de 2016, los demndantes sollcitaron
al Honorable Tribunal quo posponga an detemimacióa sobre an petación do remedio provisional
V
• "basta qua so colabre la vista do del 7 de Julio de 2016 one] caso 8J2016CV00143'. Ella, plies,
- a snsnlander, "la prueba quo desfllará la parte demandanti an dieha vista sar& de utilidad pars la
• ad)udioacidn de la solicifud presentada on el cso do autos y quo yodr& despejar algunas do las
•
• dudas levantarlasp0r las partes demandadas".. Dicha solicitud no procde por varias razpnes.
• . Vearoospor qu6. • -
•
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EsTADoLIBItEAsoaADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRThIERA INSTANCIA
- •. CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN
SALA SUPERIOR
• YALI ACEVEDO FELICIANO, JOHN A. WICLIAMS BERMUDEZy la Sociedad Legal do -
- . Bienes Gananciales cothpuesta pot ambos, etals.
Civil Ndni, 5120160V00131 • • Demandantes'
v.. 5013RE:
LA- SANTA IGLESIA CA'rOLICA APOSTOLICA ORDEN DE CESE YDESISTA Y/O • EN LA IS LA DE PUERTO RICO, INC. INJUNCTION; SENTPCIA
representada par MONSORROBERTO DECLARATORIA CZJMPLIMIBNTO - GONZALEZ NIEVES,-en si capacidad de DE CONTRATO;IMPEDflOyOR
• Axzobiapo do San Jtian, at ala; ARQUIDIOCESIS ACTOS PROPIOS, 114105 Y • DE SAN JUAN; ACADEMIA DEL PERPETIJO PERIUICIOS
• SOCORRO; SUPEB.JNTBNDENCIA DE LAS -
ESCUBLAS CATOLICAS DBLA ARQU]DIOCESIS -DE SAN JUAN; FTDEICOM[SO -
• - DEL PLAN DE PENSION PAA RMPLEADOS -
• DBSCUELAS CATOLICAS
• Demandados
MocxoNSoBBEcoNsoLmACIONDEPLEiTo
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL
• COMPARECEN la Igiesia Cat6lici Apostôlica y Roniana, incortectamente demsadada
• âomo l Santa Ig1esia Católioa Apostdlica on Is Isle do Puerto Rico,- Inc. ("g1esia Catdlica"), Ia
A±iidiocesis do San luau, do Puerto Rico, representada par el Arzobispâ Metropotitan de- la
Arqu4i6cesis de Scii: Juan de Puerto Rico, Monseffar Roberto Gdczdlez Nieves, OFM
• ("Arquididcesis") yla Suparintendenoia do Escuelas Catdlicas de San Juan ("Superintendencia"),
representados por Igs abogados quo suscriben y, -muy rospetuosamente EXPONEN, ALEGAN
YSOLICITAN •'
0•• - • -
1. Es d vital importancia informer al Honorable Tribunal qua al presents
están radicados ante: ci TPL Sala San Juan, dos pleitos los qua se citan a cohtiirnaclón:
• • -A) ELSI ALVABADO RIVERA, ISlDORO HERNANDEZ y Is Sociedad do Gananciales compuerta par aznbos, at ala. vs. LA SANTA IGLBSIA CATOLICA
• APOSTOLICA. -EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO RICO, INC. representada par MONSENOR ROBERTO GONZALEZ NIEVES, on su capacictad do Aanobispo do San Juan, et als
• - Civil Ndm. SI2616V00156 (904). OBBE: ORDEN DE CESE Y PESISTA Y/O
- IN]DNCTION.STENCIA DECLARATORIA; CtJMPLfl4IENTO DE CONTRATO; -
- Th4PEDI3v[ENTO PORACTOS PROPIOS, DAOS Y PEPJUIC!OS. - - -
- - B) SONIA ARROYO Y OTROS V LA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA Y OTEPS,
•
• seguido ante el TPI, San Juan, Civil S2016CV00I43 (907), SOBRE: ORDEN DE
- -CESE Y DESISTA Y/O INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA DBCLARATORiA;
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ESTADO LIBBE ASOCIADO DR PUERTO RICO. • TRIBUNAL DR RXMERA I1SSTANCLA
SALA SUPERIOR DR SAN JUAN
YALIACEVEDO FELJCIANO, JOHN A. CIVIL N(JM. SJ2016CV06131 W]LLIAMS BERMI)DRZ y In Socieclad
Legal deBienes Ga]lanciales compuesta par SALA: 907 ambos, iat,als.
SOBRE: Dernaudaates
ORDEN DR CESE YDIST.STAY/0 V. ]NJIJCTION; SENTENcIA.
DECLAJATOB1IA;CUMPLTM1RNTO DR • CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTO FOR,
ACTOS PROPIOSI DA1OS .Y I& SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA PERJUICXOS
A'OSTOLICA EN LA ISLA DR PUERTO RICO, INCet ala.
Dernândada
MOCION EN CtJMPL1MENTO DR OBDEN
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
COMPARECEN Ia. Iglesla Católicl Apost6lici y Romaxia ("Jglesia Catdlica"), la
•Mquidiócesia do San Juan do Puerto Rico, rcpresentada por el Axzobispo Metropolif2no e In
Axquidi6cesis do an..Jnan do Puerto Rico, Monsefiof Roberto González Nievos, C?FM
• ("Axqiiididcesis") y la Superintendencia de Bsouelas Catdlicas do San luau
• CSuperintendencia"), represent.ados par los abogaIos quo suacriben y, amy rc,etuoaamente
• EXPONEN, ALEGAN Y SOLICrrAN: •
Medlaute Qn emitida ci 6 do julio do 2016; se Ic orden ó al suscribionte a
• infonharp6 partes repesenta legeimente. .
En oumplizriicnto do orden, los siscribientes infounan quo representan .a In.
• Iglesia Catdlica, ala Arqiidiooesis y ala Superintendencia. • FOR TODO -Lb CUAL, amy respetuosamente se solicita al Honorable Thbniial quo
- - • tone conocisuiento do lo anterior, d6 par oumplida la rcterida orden y- emita cualquicr otio
• pronuoithniento quo, en dercho, proceda.
- RESPETJOSA11ENTE SOMETJDA.
• - En San Juan, Puerto Rico, boy 7deju110 de 2016. •.
•
• • • CERTIFTCO quo, an esta misma fecha, se he enviado copia Eel y oxactu del prtecLte
escrito, a trav6s del sistema SUMAC, atodos los abogados-del rdcord.- -
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RSTADO LIBRRASOCIADO DRPtrERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DR PRJ1URA INSTANCIA
SALA SUPERIOR DE SAN JUAN
YALI ACEVEDO PBLICL4NO Y OTROS 11 crmWn 512016CV00131
Deandantes in
VS.
IGLBS1A CATOLICA APOSTOLICA Y ROMANA Y OThOS
Deniandados
SALON SESIONES 907
SORRE: .
INJUNCTION; SEN'IENCIA DECLARATORIk INCUMPLIMIENTO DE CONTRATO; DAOS YPERJUICIOS
. .
CONS oLmju3o CON:
CIVIL N11M. 8J2016CV00143 SON ARROYO VELAZQUBZ Y OTROS •
Deandantas SALON DR SESIONES: 907
-:Vs. SOME;
IGLESIA. CATOLICA APOSTOLICA Y INIUNCTION SNIE'IC1A ROMANA y ors.os DBCLAATO1UAffl'CUMPL1MiPNTO.DE
CONrRATO; ]DJNQS Y.PBRJtJICIOS Deinandados .
.
• ELSIE .ALVAE.DO Rxv BA Y o.os CrflJ N(JlL SJ2016CV00156
• Dewnodautes • SALONDRSRSIONES:9O7
SORE -
1GLESIA CATOLICA APOSTOLICA Y . .
ROMANA V C)TROS IN)1JNCTION SENTENCIA • DECLAEATOP,.IA INCt.JMPLIM)BNTO.DE
Demandados CONTRATO;DAOSYPERJU1cIOS
• • . . .. VJ.J¼4.JJ. .LL1 %JLLY.U.J..L TIM
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
COMPA:REcEN la Iglesia Catdlica Apostélica y Romaiia-Axquid6cesis de San Juan,
thcofreoanicnte demandada como La Santa lglesia Catdlica Apcstólica on. Ia Isle de Puartor Rico,
lc., la Superintendeiicia de Escuelas Cat6Uoas de San Juan, y el Fideicozniso del Plan de Penslén
• .
•. pare EinpLeados de lai Escuelas Catälicas, representadas por ins abogados que susciiben, Y. inuy
- respetuosamente, EXPONEN, ALEGANY SOLICJTAN:
I. El 22 do agosto de 2016, las partes comparecientes prosontaron Sm oposici6n. al
recurso de Certiorari piesentado por la parte deinandante. .
-2. Junto a.eatamocion so aconipaacopia de lámistni. .
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SALA SUPERIOR OE SAN JUAN
YPJJ ACVEDO FEUCIANO Y OTROS CIVIL NUM SJ2016cVo031 -
Demandantes- SAL6N DE SESIONES: 907
• . . V. -
SOBRE: IGLESIA CATOLICA APOSTOL!CA Y INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA ROMANAY OTROS DECLARATORIA1INCUMPLIMIENTO DE
CONTRATO: DANOS V PERJUICIOS Domandados
• 0
COTESTACIÔN A LA DEMANDA .
• • •:A1 HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
COMPARCEN las prtes Demandadas, Igiesia Cattjllca, Apostálca y
Romana Aiu1di6cesls de San Juan, on adoIane Is Aiqukil6ceals-la Superintsndencla
de Esctelas CaMlicas do Ia Arquld16cesls do San -Juan, en adelarite Ia
Suparintendencta y el Fidelcomiso del Plan de Pons(6n. pare Ernpeados do las
Escuelas caiolicas, an adetante el Fideidoniiso, por coriducto dè las abogadôs qua
• suscilben y muy respetuosamonle EXPONEN ALEGAN V SOLICITAN:
- • En Is presents contes(aclón Ia parts clemandada contesta Is demanda radleada
par Is parts damaridante Is cual fua consolidada con Jos casos WCim.
- SJ2OI6CVOOI43 (907) y SJ2OISCVOOI56 (907). -
• •
, . I. INTRODUCCION •
- •
• : La demands consdildada deeplgrafe lr.icluye maestros empfeadâa y.ex
empleadas do Is Academia del PBrpetuo Socorm, a AcademIa San Jose ' Ia
Academia San Ignacio. En Is alegacldn do too demandantes no so rnenclona parte
espeerfica del Plan do PcnIones admlnlstrado par un Fldefcoñ,Isd.
• .. ..1. Se niega el prrafo I do Is démanda. La demandonte utitiza térmhos
. • Tcorr .ectos o Inaxactos pars definlr a las partes demandadas. Estos as mfloen a Ia
• •. glesIa CatóPca de forms general -y se ritgari a recpnocer Is estiuctura do Is 1gIeia
• • ..• . - • A-li . .. - .
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Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Tribunal de Pglmera Instartcia Centro Judicial de San Juan
Sala Superior
VAtS ACEVEDO FEUaANO Y OTROS Civil Nm. SJ206CV00131 Parté demandante
• Comparece a la vista de staws at Tic. German Brau Ramirez en - • • -. representadónde Ia parte demandante an ci caso dc epigrafe y an los casos
512016CV00143 y SJ2016C/00156. Coniparece el 1k. Jaime Snebr1a .Monteiez an representaciOn de la Iglesla Cat6lice Apostólica y Roman; La Arquldldcesis de San Juan y la Superintridencia de Escuelas Católlcas de San Juan. Comparece la Lk. Maria E. Rodriguez López an represantadón de Ia Acedemi Perpetuo • Socorro, Academia San io6 y Academia Son Ignacio. En representeclrr Je Ia
• Acaderrila- Pcrpetuo -Socorro, comparece la Uc. Yolanda royos Olascoaga y el Tic. José Ramos Gonz1ez. Cocnparece at Tic. iesOs Jlménez GormilezRubio an.
• . representadón deta Academia San José. Porel Fideicomlso del Plan de Penslén
para Empleados de Escuelas Catôticas, comparece- el Tic. Frank -Zorrlila • •
•. MaIdonad la ' Ur- Coratly M. Ramos y ci Tic. Jesds Rabell Mendez En • representaciôn dc-la Academia San Ignaclo de Loyola, cornparecc el Lfc. Rarnón
Rivera Morales. •
Al iniclo dc-los prac.edimientos se hace.constar qua la' vista seFlIada pars - boy se corwfrtió cr1 una conferenda initial. Este, per rszón de que la parte demandante pisentà una soitcitud da prórmga, con elfin de qua las parté 11tiantes contestaran la demanda enmendaday, par consiguient presentar el inforrne de Manéjá de Caso. En virtud sIc Jo anterior, at tribunal deja sir, -efecta Ia Orderi paraque so presentase ci Informe de Manejcr de Casa a dstit fecha.
• Asflascosas gLacocgdo a c6scorgiprocedirriienta aseguiren ecasa. En cuanto a Ta otTcftud de Orden an relaci6n a la consoUdaciri, at tribunal
adara • - SegCi.n irsformado per In secretarla, an efecto no hubo una
- • descorto0daci6n formal porque ci tribunal ast to aiftortrase, sinâ • potque an Un momenta dada (por aiguna situaciôn técnlca an el
• • StsteIa Unificado de Manjo y Admlnlstración de Cases CMles SUMAC), cuando Se presentó moción an ci caso (originaimente • presentado an Is Sala 904), hubo qua cfesconsolidat los cases técnkamente, pare qua as! as pudiese radicar las mocionesy luego
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TRIBUNAL BE PRIMERA 1NSTANCIA • SALA SUPERIOR DEAH JUAN
YALAPEVEOOFELICLANO, staIs Clvii Nm.SJ2C16CVOO131
Demandants SAL& $07
V. SOME:
LA SANTA IGLESIA CAT6L1CA -
•
- APqsTOLICA EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO ORDEN BE CESE V DESISTAY!O RICO. INC, at 019 INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA.
• - - -
- - DECLARATORIA: CUMPLIMIENTO BE. Oemandada CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTO IDOR
SOBRE: ORDEN DE OBSE Y I)BJSTA vs. • • Y/O INJUNCTION; SENTBNCL(
• • '. . DEcLARATORJA; INCtJv1PL1MIENTO LA SANrAIGL;BSIACATOLICA • IDE CONTRATO; IN1PBDINENTOS FOR APOSTOLICAENLAISLADB ACTOS PROPIOS; DAIOS Y PUERTO RICO, YOTROS, PERIUICIOS
SOBRE: ORDEN DE CESE Y DESISTA • • YyO ThNCTION; SENThNCIA
DECLARATORIA; INCUI4PLIMIZNTO LA SANTA IGLESlA CATOLICA DR CONThATO; IMPEDIMENTOS. POR
• APOSTOLICA EN LA ISI,A DE PUERTO ACTOS PROPIOS; DAOS Y PE1UOICIOS • • RICO,YOTROS, .
• Dernandados., . -
C1Y1LNt.vL: SJ2016CV0056 (907) .
ElSIE ALVARADQRIV, Y OTROS,
jiemandantea, •' . • •
• SOBRE: ORDEN ODE CESE Y DESISTA Y/O INJUNCTION; SECIL
- . S •
DECLARATORIA; IITCUMPIJMIENI'O • LA SANTA IGIESIA • CATOLICA DE CONflATO; IMPE1)IMENTOS POR • APOSTOLICA EN LA MA DR PUERTO ACTOS PROPIOS; DAROS Y PRRJOXCIOS:
• Rico, Y OTROS, - . • . • -
• • • .
• Demandzdoa.
• • . MOCIONASIJMIENDO REPRESENTACION LEGAL
AL HONORABLE TIIBUNAL: . • ., . . .
COMPARECE • at abogado quo susoribo, y muy respetuosamente, ex,pone, alega. y
aoliâita .
• . i. RI abogado auscribiento labora para la fiima SchuathrAguilO LLC. -
- . • • • . 2. El pasado 26 do cUciembre do 2017, otro delos abogados do la xoforida firma, ci
&I2Q15CV0O131 Q5/01/2010 12:0449 p.m. Pigna 2 de 2
• . 3. Mediaite la Moe fdn Asumendo Repre.centacidn Legal, so infonnó quo eiertas ae
las co-demandadai cnIos casos del epigrafe, espeolficaniente, la Iglesia Católica Apostôlica y
- Romana, Ia Arquididcèsis de San Juan y Ia Superintendenda do las Escuelas Cató]icas, hn
eitado representadas pr el Lode. Jaime L. Sanabria Montañez.
Come tanabin all( so iuformô, las referidas co-demandadasle ban solicitado al
Lodo. José J. Santiago-Meléndez y a Ia firma Schuster Aguild LLC qua asuma su rcpresontaci6n
• legal, una vcz ol liconciado Saxahbria-Montafiez presonto coxrespondieñte moción solicitaudo
a2aeiónpara. renunciar a Ia ropresentación legal quo veala ostemitando y este Honorable
Tribunal autorice larnisxua. -
Asi las co85s, ci abogado suscribiente interesa unirse a! Lodo. Joé J. Saxitiao-
Meldndez en Ia represntaoión legal de las referidas co-dçmandadas, y renibir per ci SLteina
• Unico de Manejo y Adminislración de Caso,.r (SUMAC) copia de lam notificaciones do las
determinaciomes que tome este Honorable Tribunal y de. los documentos presentados per Las
partes en el caso del epigrafo. -
Toda vez• quo para quo el Lodo. José J. Santiago-Moldndcz y ci abogado
suseribionto puedan asumir Ia representacidn legal do las refridas co-dmanIadas as menester
qua asic Honorable Tribunal primero autorioc Ia ronuncia do Ia representaciôn legal del
liceidjado Sanabria-Mdntafioz, respotuosamente sesolicita q'ae el término dispuesto en La Regla
8.4 de lam do Procedhnicito Civil -vigentes para quo las referidam co-demandadas presentensu
• posicion an cuanto a aigdn cacrito presentade per las demás partes comience & diacturir usia vez
• este Honorable Tribunal autorice al Lodo. José I. Santiago-Meiéndcz y ml abogado susoriblente
•
• queden autorizados a asumir la mepresontación legal do la Iglesia CatBlica Apost6lica y Roman;
laArquidicemis do San' Juati y Is. Superintendencii de las Esonelas Catóiicas.1
• • FOR TODO LO -çUL, so solicita muy respetuosamènle do aste Honorable Tribunal
• que usia vez cosiceda 3a solicitud del Lode. Jaime L. Sanabnia Montaez- para renunciar- a su
• representaciOn legal • do Las co-domiandadas Iglesia Católiea ApostOlioa y Romana, In
• Arquididcesis de San Juan y la Superintendencia de lam Bscuelas Católicas, me sirva declarer
"Con Lugar" Ia so1ic1tu4 del Lode. José I. Sanitiago-Meldndez y el abogado auscribiente asun±
Conic tambidn plauieä al Ledo. Joid I. Sontlago-Moidndez en su Macion 4murn1amdo RepreseiUacibs Legal, ye so ha soliellado qua so nos ramltsn 1ps cxp:dientos do eate case, y eata solicitul reiposids ala necesidad do uaempo paz-i rev1ar lea expedieuts y poder reaccionar oportunoniento a algusa pniei, iesohmoldn yoo dictamen
- - quo anita eats Honorable Tribunal o a elg(in ascriio presantado-por aiguna do las decide partes. -
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la reprdsentación legal do las mismas, y Se les inoluya entre los abogados a ser notificado
mediante SUMAC. Dc igual fdrma, so soliclta xnuy respetuosa onto quo el t&rnino diapuesto en
la Regla 8.4 de las de 'Pxocedimiento Civil vigentos para que las referidas co-demandadas
presenten sit posicin en cuanto a alg(rn esorito presentado per las denás partes comienee a
• discurrb iná vez este Honorable Tribunal auterico al Ledo. Jose J. Sand ago-Melndez y al
abogado suscribionte queden autorizados a a.sumir su representaoióu legal.
REspmrosAMRNTE SOMET1DO.
Fm San Juan Puerto Rico, hoy 4 deenero do 2018. -
SE CERTUIICA, on esta misnia fecha, se ha enviado copia fbi y exacta dcl prescnte
- escrito, atrays de SUMAC, atodos los abogados de1r&ord.
V. SOME: ORDENDECBSEYDESISTAY/O • . . INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA
LA SANTA I0LBSIA CATOLICA DECIATORLACUMPLtMJENTODE APOSTOLICA RN LA ISLA DR PUERTO CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTOS POR.. RICO, Y OTROS, ACTOS PROPIOS; DA&OS Y PEPJt)ICIOS
Demandados;
- BLSJE ALVARADO RIVERA, Y OTROS, CIVILNCJM.: SI 2016 CV 00156 (907)
• Demandantea, . •.
V. • SOBRB: OREN]JECESE-YDS1STAY/O • . INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA-
• A SANTA IGLESIA- CATLICA DEOLABATORIA; INCU1s4}LIMIENTO DR • APO$TOLICA EN LA ISLA DR PUERTO CONtATO; IMPEDIMENTOS P0k • . . RICO, Y OTROS, ACTOS PROPIOS; DAOS Y PRPJUICIOS.
- - Dernandados. .
MOcION 1NORMATTVA S OBRE PREsENTACION DR POSICION DR VARIAS. • CO-DEMANDADAS EN TORNO A "MOCION PARA Qt1E CONTL(JR XL .(SO
CONTRA CODRMANDADOS SOJADARJOS" •
.. AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL: .
• . COMPARECEN las co-demancladas IgIesia Católica Apostdlica- y Romana, Ia
Arquidiócesia do San Juan y la Stiporintcridcncia do las Escuelas CatOlioas, por conducto de su
represantathón legal quo suscribe, y muy respetuosamente, exponen, alegan y soliciten: .
1. . . Mecliante Mocidn hj(oi-mallva obe Radicacidn ck Feticidn ante hi Corte de
• Quiebra presentada el 11 do eneo de 2018, el co-detnandado Fideicomlap Plan do Pension do
• Empleados do Esouelas CaiOlioas do Puerto Rico informó aeste Honorable Tribunal quo. eec -
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N. SOERE: ORDENDE CBSEY-DESISTA Y/O • INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA
LA SANTA IGLEI- CATOLICA DECLARATOBJA; INCUMPLItv[tENTO DE- APOSTOLICA EN LA ISLA ,D PUERTO CONTRATO; IMPEDIMEN'TOS POP, - • RICO, Y OTROS' ACTOS PROPIOS; DAOS YPBPJUICIOS
LA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA DECLAEATOPJA;INCUMPLIIv[LENTO DR. - •: APOSTOLICA. EN LA ISLA DR PUERTO CONTRATO; JMPEDIMRNTOS FOR
RICO, Y OTROS, •
ACTOSPROPIOS; DAOS YPBRJUICIOS.
• Demandados: ••
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• - • OPOSICONA"MOCIONPARAQUESE ORDENEEL EMBARGO DR rONDOS DR LA IGLESIA CATOLICA -.
• -
EN ASEGTJBAMIENTODE PAGO DR SENrENCIA" - 0
AL ONORABLE TRIBUNAL: •
• COMPABBCRN ia co-demandadas Iglosia Católica Apost6lica y Romana -
Arquidiócesis do San Juan ("Iglesia Católioa"), y Ia Suj5erintendencia de las Escuelas .Cat1icas, -
por con iicW dt su represeniacidn legal quo suanribe, y muy respetuosaniente, exponen y o1icitazx:
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CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALAStIPERIOR . .. . -
YALE ACEV.BDO PELICIANO, Y CIVIL N(JM.: ST 2016 CV 00131 (907)
temn.dan . .
vs.. SOBRE: ORDEN DE CUE Y DESISTA Y/O NJUNCTION;. SENTENCIA
LA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA DECLAItATORIA; INCtTh4PLIM]ENTO APOSTOLICAENLAISLADE PUERTO US CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTOS POR RICO, YOTROS,. . ACTOS PROPIOS; DAfIOS Y
• ESTADO LIBRE ASOCIADO DE PUBRTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PRIMRA INSTANCIA
- CENTRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR
• •
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YALtACEVEDO FELICIANO, Y CIVIL NUM.: S12016 CVQOI31 (907)
• Demandantes, • -
VS. SOBRE;- ORDEN DE CESE Y DESISTA YJO INJUNCTION; 'SENTENCIA
• LA SANTA IGLESIA CATÔLIcA DEOLARATORIA; .1NcUi2LTh4IENT0 APOTOLICABNLAISLA'DEPUERTO DE CONTRATO;IMPEDJMENTOSFOR RICO, YOTROS, ACTOS PROPIOS; DATOS' Y
PERRJIOIOS 0 -
• Dmanthdcs.
• SOMA AIUOYO-VELAZQUEZ, Y CIVIL NiJM.: SJ 2016 CV-00143 (907) oTRos, S
• Dematidantes, •
•.. • SOBRE: ORDEN DECESE Y DBSISTA • çr • Y/O INJUNCTION;' SEN.TENCIA
DECLARATOBJA; INCCJMPLIMIENTC) • LA SANTA IOLES]A. CATOLICA DE CONTRATO; JMPBDIMENTOS FOR
• • APOSTOLICAENLAISLADE ACTOS PROPIOS; DAOS Y
PUERTO RICO, Y OThOS, PBPJUICIOS
• • Demaridadas. -
• ELSIE ALVARADO RIVERA, V CIVIL NOM.: ST 2016 CV 0015 (907). • ornos, • •
• ESTADO LIBBE ASOC.[AI)O DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL DE PR1MERAINSTANCIA
• CF2TRO JUDICIAL DE SAN JUAN SALA SUPERIOR
YAIi ACE VEDOFELICL4NO, Y OTROS, •
•• CIVILNOM.SJ2016CV00131 (907) Dernandantes, -
• V. SOBRE: ORIYENDECESEYDESJSTAYIO
LA SANTA IGLESL. CATOLICA INJUNCTION; SENThNCIA APOSTOLICA EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO DECLARATORIA; INCUMPLIMIENTO DE RICo, YOTROS, •. CONThATQ; IMPBD]NENTOS POE.
ACTOS PROPIO; DA1OS Y PERJUICXOS Dezuandaclos. -
• SONIAARROYO VBLAZQUEZ, Y OTROS,
• • ]emandantes,
: LA SANTA, IGLESlA. CAT6L1CA APOSTOLICA EN LA ILA DE PUERTO RICO, YOTROS,
Dexnaadados
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CIVIL NOM.: 512016 CV 00143 (907)
SOBEE: ORDENDE CI3SE YDESISTAY/O INJUNCTION; - • SENTENCIA DBCLAPAT0RIA; INCUMPLIMIENTO DE, CONThATO; - .ThEEDIMENTOS.- FOR ACTPS PROP1OS; DA11OS Y PER)UJCIOS
ELSIE ALYARADO R1VESA, Y OTROS, CIVIL NiIM:SJ20l6CVU0156. (907)
• Demandantos,
• V. SOBRE: ORDENDE CESBYDESISTAY/O INJUNCTION; .SENTENCTA
• • LA -SANTA IGLBSIK CATOLLCA DBCLARATORIA;.INCUMP.LIMIENTO IDE
APOSTOLICA EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO CONTRATO; IMPEDIMENTOS • POR RICO, y.OTROS, ACTOS PROHOS; DMOS YPER.TUICIOS
Demandados. -4 •
• MOCION EN TORNO A OBDEN DIBCLABANDO nllA LUGAR" LA "MOCION PAEA-ZM11ENDAR LA DEMI'DAAEES DR Th1CLU1RA LOS PIDUCIARIO"
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL:
CQMPARECBN las co-demandaxias Iglesia Catdlica Apostóliea y Romana -
Arquidióoesis do San Juan ("IgIesia Católica"), y la Supotintendencia de las Escuelas-Catóhcaade
Ia Aiquidiócosis -do San Juan, par conducto de su ropresentación legal quo susorite, y bmy
espetuosaxnente, expanen y olicitan:1
SI bien dasde ci 14 do agosto d2011 osteHoncrableTribanalhabla detorminado quo ostarfa atendiendo Ia solicitudperaprescntar una ThrceraDcmandaEnrziendada en laviate qua cc oe1sbr6 ci 15 do agoato do 2017 ytambin dcsdc entonecs vaiias co-dema dcc Bc)JROLtSXOO exprecarce en tomo a la miscue, ya qua pore aquci cntoncos los trácnitea ante ci Honorable Tribunal Supremo no 1rnb1sn condhiidn y luego ante ci paso del Huractn Maria, Ia porte dam aadada no be tenido Ia oportimidad do procontar cc posicidn ala solicited do los deiaajidantcs paraprôscntar una Tercera Demandodal.'imandada, yahora, una Caarla Demanda Enmendada. 3g does. #'s 395, 401, 402) 406. 407, 4]7 420, 428, 429,431,441,462, 465 468, 475. Ya qua as reciontemente qua ease Honorable Tribunal retornó • -
• lajurfidicci6 del osso del epigrafe, yparano agobiar a oste Honorable Porn precontando opooickrnea por osparado, -
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- V CENTRO JuDICIAL DE SAN MAN -
- SALA SUPERIOR V V
• V YAifACEVFDO FELICIANO, Y OTROS, -
C1VILN)M.: 312016 CV 00131 (907) Demandantes,
•
- : . • -
SOBRR: ORDENDECESEYDESISTAYJO LA SANTA IGLESIA. CATOLICA INIUNC'flON; SENTENCIA APOSTOLICA EN LA ISLA DE PUERTO DECLARATORIk; INCUMPLIIV1IENT0 DE RICO, Y OTROS, V CONTRATO; IMPED]MENTOS FOR
• ESTADO LJBRBASOCIADO DE PUERTO RICO ThIBUNAL DE PR)MERA ]STANCIA
CE]TRO JUDICIAL DR SAN JUAN • SALA SUPERIOR
x . -.
OTROS. CIVIL NOM.: S12016 CV 00131 (907)
- Denaandaites,
vs. SOBRE: ORDBN DR CE SE Y DESITA YIO INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA
LA: SANTA IGLBSIA CATOLICA DECLAPATORIA INC1JMPL]MIBNTO APOSTOLICAEN LAISLADE PUERTO DE CONTRATO; IMPBDIMENTOS 130R RJCO,YOTROS, - ACTOS PROPIOS; DAOS Y
PBRJUICIOS Demndad6s.
SONIA ARROYO VELAZQIJEZ, Y CIVIL NUM.: ST 2016 CV 00143 (07) OTROS,
•
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Dexnaiidantes, • • •
SOBPE: ORDEN DE CESE Y DBSISTA vs. . Yf 0 INJUNCTION; SENTBNCIA
DECLARATORIA; INCUPLTh1024T0 LA SANTA IOLESIA CATOLICA DR OONThATO; IMPEDIM13NT0S POB. APOSTOLICAENLAISLADB ACTOS paOpJ:OS; DA0S. Y PUBRTO RICO, Y OTROS, PBRJtJICIOS
VS. Y/O INJUNCTION; SBNTENCIA DECLMtATORIA; -TNCUMPLIMIENTO
LA SANTA IGLESIA CATOLICA DR CONTRATO;IMPEDTh4ENTOS POP, MOSTOLXCARNLAISLADE ACTOS PROPIOS; JDAOS Y PUERTO RICO, Y OTROS, pERLrrCrOs
Demandados.
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MOCION SOLICANDO DESCALffLCACION DE LA REPRESENTACION • LEGAL DR LA. PARTE DEMANDANTE
AL HONORABLE TRIBUNAL: . • •
• . COMPARECEN las codeinandadas, Iglesia Catóiica Apoatólicà y Roniana-
• Arqidióosis de Sn Juaix (r1a Iglesiz Católica") y la Superinteiidéncia 'de ,Esue1as
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ESTADO LIRE ASOCLADO DE PUERTO RICO TRIBUNAL. SUPHEMO DE PUERTO RICO
VALI PCEVEDO FELICLANO y otros
V.
IGLESIA CJ\TóUCA APOsTOLICA Y ROMANA y otros
Recurrrdos
SONIA ARROYO vELAzquEz yotros
Pet cionarios
V.
IGLESIA CATOLICA, APOSTOUCA V ROMANA y otros
Hecurr!do
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CASO NOM. CC-2016-1053
Certforar[de Reso1uci6n eniitlda Per el Tribunal de ApJadones, Panel Especial de San Juan y Caguas
TA XLCE 2016-01391
I SOBRE
ELSIE ALVARADO RIVERA y otros
petidonarlos
V.
1GLEA CATOLJCA, APOSTOLiCA Y ROMANA y otros
Recurrides
INJUNCTION; SENTENCIA DECLARATORIA; INCUMP1JMJEN1O DE CONTRATO YDAFOSY PERJUICIOS
MOCI5N AL AMPARO DE LA REGLA 43 DEL REGLAMENTO DEL TRIBUNAL SUPREMO SOUCITANDO AUTORIZACJON PARA COMPARE(ER
COMO AMIGO DE LA CORTE
AL)4.Qf'JOASLETPdBI4NAL
Comparece Ia Corrferencfa Episcopal Puerton-iqueña (en adelante, Ia "Conferencia
Episcopal") por.conducto de los abogados que suscriben, y a los efectos a los qtie se cotitrae
este escrito, muy respetuosamente EXPO NE, ALECA Y SOLJCITA:
1. El 18 de Juflo de 2017? este Honorable Tribunal ernitiá una determinación
mediante Sentenda en vfrtud de [a cual ordenó al Tribunal de Prfrnera Jnstancia Ilevar a cabo
una vista evIdendaria para detenninar si corresponde a fa demandada Igtesia Catálica 0 a las
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respedias escuelas paidpantes d pago de bs pensiones bao' el Ficleicomiso-Plzri de
Penslones, a la yea que concedk urr lnterdicto prelirninar a favor de Ye pa rte demandante pare
continuar ckmanera tnterira retibiendo el pago de las penslones bajo el referido Fideicomiso.!
Diche Sentence foe notfficeda a ]as partes el 19 de julio de 2017, 1
a. Qprtunirnante, los dernandados racurridos presertaron solicitudes de
reconsldecián las que fueron cleclradas No ka Lugar. toda vez que an no ha sanscurrrdo
Ell térmirio pare la raclicación de la segunda solicitud de reconsideración quo contempta el•
Reglamerto del este Honorable Tribi.iinal,.la Sentencia dicda ain rides final yTh-nepor10
que el pcesene escilto se .presenta portunarnente.
Como conseenda de la Sentenda didade, se revocó la determlnadán del
fore primarlo, sostenida pot el. Tribunal do Apelaciones, cuyos foros habfan deterrnlnado la
improcedericia del tnterdicto salicitado f!.mdamentdo en [Os hech05 evidendados drante Ia
vista efectuada. Estos son: (1) que los demanclantesno aportaban al Plan de Pensiones del
)1de1com1so, y quo solo los.demandadqs-aportaban alrnismo; (2.) quo los demandantostenfar
otr'as fuentes do irigresos; y (3) que La Escr[tura do Fid&comiso del Plan de Peiisiones dispone -
que ej Plan podia serterrninado en cyaiqufer momenta y par cuaquier cause. -
Foe basado en dicha ovidencia que eLforo priniaño concluy6. (1) que el daiio-
.que se refieren los demandentes results uno e.onómico y por lo tarito susceptible de
repi n naediarde corxrpensoor c.onan-ucs lo atte derrota. carna Cistion do derecho el
rernedio extraodinanio del !nterdlcto; y (a) quo la Iglesla Cat6lica no era rosponsable pues
ern!os colegtolos patronos de los demadantes. J
En so Senitencia revocatonia, este Honorable Tribunal concluyd que, aunqu el
daflo seria uno econ6rnico el' rnlsmo resultaria lri'aparabi; y ordend al Tribunal de Primer
lnstancia efectuar una vista evidencfarfa a los ofec.tos do deterrnlnarsl los coleglos eran pare
todos los propósitos on alter _-,go (HNC) de ]a Iglesla Cat011ca.
Poràtro lado, en sus esaitos la demandadg Igiesia Cat6lica ha p(anteado -ante
este Honorable Foro asuntos quo entendemos deben ser resueltos como cuestióni do umbral i
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ysobro los cuatesel Honorable- Tribunal no se-ha epresado, espedficamente dirfgidos a Ia
do] Tht pai'a ertemdel sabre 1s tédaeyt, este thso.
Es menester destacar que, en su Seiltencia,. el Tribunal Supremo reconoce el
e.norrne [nters piblico quo reviste a] presente caso.
La Regla q3 del Regiamento do este Honorable Tribunel dispone que
El Tribunal, ainidafiva pro pie o a solicitu_e_cua1qr. peinterea, path-a !nvitar o autorizar su comparecencia itinte1. A menos quo el Tribunal ordorte otra case, la petiddn deberá presentars0_ p.or lo. nienos diez (jo) diás.antesdesersom.etldo el asunto par-a sudecLs!ón. (Subrayado nuestro)
9L Al erriparo do la citath disposidriri procesal, la Conferenda Eptscopal
Puex-torriquefia, Asamblea de los Obispos do Puerto Rita, respetuosamente solidta
autbrización pare cömprecer en este caso en calidad do ornicus curiae par ser parte
eila dspo.sd6ci flt.iabde oscaas c so1iciadosyte &fterserrla ccovetsl
yla normativa que estri ante -su considerecidri. La Conferenda Episcopal entiende la necesrdad
do este Honorable Tribunal de estar mefor Tnforrpado par Jo cual respetuosametite ol1cita se
prrni±a su lritervenci6ii a los el ectos inclicados. Gar eVa1js y, Reglstr_adpr, 13.3 D.P.R. 308
10. La determinacjdn del Honorable Tribunal no solo tiene un impacto dlrecto
sobrelas partes en-el caso, sino que àfectarfa todas res igIesas cetdlices en todo Puerto Rico," .
as( Como los colegios catOlicos en La isla. Esto asu vez tendrIa el efecto cescada de afectar los
empleos do unslnntirnero do emplearios, afectando una vez rn-as nuestra ya rnaltretha
economfa.
ii. :1 vi ceo d tY lflteJ este obIe Tribdhäl
reconacid toner IurTsdiccidn pare atonderuna solidtud de reconsideraciOn presentada par un
amigo de La corte, La Asodachin do Notarlos de Puerto Rico.
t. C6nsono can ello, ye en .Qb _ceLLY, 110 O.P.R. i-is (i984 este
Honorable Foro habfa resuelto que k'... la iritervenclón del arnicus curiae se ha perniitido er
diferentes moments durante la tramitaciOrL de los pleitos. Asi, sin ser exhaustivos, so ha
ordenado a un amicus cm-lee realizer descubiTmiento de pruebe) inidar procedimientos
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adecuados y someter alegaciones ' evidenda, pardcipar en Ia unvestigación del fraude al
ibEinal, eaIir una irvestigacTóa ' flevar a caba -wia vista enua 'procediiento de
deato'.
13. Par consiguiënte, respetuosamente entendemps que aun en esta etapa de
aUgua..esperni'ló aEaAsocjacI5tde l,[oasros ce ?teoRico-pr-.esenur
I on esqito similar, ello no seria óbice para perrnitir la untervencián de a Conferencia Episcopal
máxime cuanda su aportación puede servaliosa para este Honorable Tribunal.
14 Par o±ro [ado) respetuosantente spmetemos que en el caso 1e autos están
stdthis affifeas
curiae, a saber: (i) existe un Interds piblico reconocido pretHonorable Tribunal, (ii) to novel
de las cuestlOnesplanteadas, (iii) elakance de Ia adjudicación quehaya de hacerse en cuantp
-terCera5 Eige no. T:p ni ltigi , (ivy T qkkqstp.es il,e pol laeadai, y
(v) la unagnitud de los derechos que puecian ester en luego. Corbea ValIds i. Registrador,
ante.
4. Ratosa31rr 'entenirnos Aue el alcance.de M 5eatencia dicadauede
tener series consecuendas e impactar adversamente no solo las partes directamente
envueltas en los litigios consolidados sino otres escuelas y planes sinnuleres y par ende el
in.ter.és p o.erg ned5aa lr dtctti de Ta reducdóc e ris impacsohe las
ungresos de las escuelas, situación sImilar porTe qua atraviesa el sistema de educación p6b11ca
del pals y de lo que cuel puede tomar coriocimiento judicial el Honorable Tribunal. Par eUo
respetosamente sornetemos.que Ia intervencido de la Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña
e1à t p cid3 sfi selia de 1iad a røve Th1idad LUsá a esca
Honorable Curia sabre [a Organizacion intenna de la Eglesia Catóiica y su personalidad lur[dica
de nnanere que tenga todos los eleriientos necesarios pare diriminlas controversies planteadas
.pocpajces. . .
16. La Conferende Episcopal Puertornfquefia votá mayontaniamente en favor de Ta!
presentación de este escrito con la abstención de ]a ArquidiOcesis de SanJuan.
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MOCION Al. AMPARO BE LA R.A 43 ../ CASO NCM. CC - a1-c1o53 Pgth-5-
POR T000 LO CUAI.1 muy respetuosamente se sokith del Honorable Tribunal
Supremo l amparo de las disposjciones de ía Regla 43 del Reglamento de este Honorable
Tribunal, autorice la intervencjdn de la Corrferenda Episcopal Puertorriquea y una vez
perrnitkia ccnce1aorrt&rnino de ao tispara exponer so posici5n.
RSOMETI
En San-)Lan, Puerto Rico, hoy dia 14 de agosto de 2017.
CERTIFICO que en esta misma fecha se ha enviado copia fiel y exacta del preserite J escrito a SQ direccidn de correo electrdnko a: Lcdo. Jainie L. Sanabra Montaiiez,
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Lcdo. José 0. Ramos Gonzle; oJ.aginLcpm Lcdo. ies .M. .flrnéne; itheensel@Qocalp; Lcdo. Antonio Sau7A Santos,
Lcdo. ciermri Brau, gerrnan.braumbcdlaw.corn y Lcdo. an Piera Matex rraglcom.
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