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Sister Fox leaving PH, insists she has done nothing wrong

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Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1420034" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA - Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday insisted she did nothing wrong during her stay in the Philippines, as she prepares to leave the country after almost 3 decades of missionary work here.</p><p>&quot;I’m very sad but in another way, I’m still determined to insist that I haven’t done anything wrong even if I’m going out, I’m being forced out,&quot; she told ANC&#x27;s Early Edition.</p><p>Her lawyer, Jobert Pahilga, said this was not yet the end of the road for the 71-year old nun.</p><p>&quot;She was being deported because her visa expired, but there is yet no final order on the case of deportation,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;If the Department of Justice will eventually reverse and set aside the decision of the Bureau of Immigration, her name will be erased from the blacklist tourists and she can go back here and maybe apply for missionary visa,&quot; he added.</p><p>Fox&#x27;s <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/26/18/sister-fox-granted-temporary-visitor-visa-valid-for-59-days">temporary visitor visa</a>, downgraded from the missionary visa she used to hold, will remain valid only until November 3. She has a pending appeal against the deportation order from the Bureau of Immigration before the Department of Justice.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/19/18/immigration-bureau-orders-deportation-of-australian-nun-fox">Immigration bureau orders deportation of Australian nun Fox</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/16/18/sister-fox-blasts-bi-sloppy-intel-based-on-social-media-in-deportation-case">Sister Fox blasts BI &#x27;sloppy&#x27; intel based on social media in deportation case</a></li></ul><p>Fox was initially detained last April 16 for &quot;illegal political activities&quot; after she took part in a human rights fact-finding mission in Mindanao.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/16/18/australian-nun-detained-faces-deportation-for-political-activities">Australian nun detained, faces deportation for &#x27;political activities&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Two days later, President Rodrigo Duterte said that he had Fox investigated for alleged &quot;disorderly conduct&quot; but clarified he did not order her arrest.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/02/18/duterte-rejects-call-to-allow-aussie-nuns-stay-in-ph">Duterte rejects call to allow Aussie nun’s stay in PH</a></li></ul><p>He also called Fox foul-mouthed for criticizing his government while ignoring her own country&#x27;s alleged misdeeds.</p><p>In the interview, Fox again maintained that she was only performing her task as a missionary when she joined activities which were cited as &quot;partisan.&quot;</p><p>&quot;It’s an expression of the social justice teachings of the Church…If you say you’re gonna follow Christ, you have to follow Christ and be with the people who are being oppressed,&quot; she said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_2" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1420036" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>She said she does not regret taking part in the rallies and fact-finding mission, but she regrets that she &quot;wasn’t more involved to deserve this.&quot;</p><p>Although Fox is leaving the Philippines, Pahilga said her counsel would continue the fight against her deportation case, which they believe would set a precedent for other missionaries like her.</p><p>While she is open to being assigned to a mission elsewhere in the world, Fox is hoping she would be able to return to the country she has resided in for almost 28 years.</p>

<p>Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday said she would insist that she did nothing wrong during her stay in the Philippines that could have caused the deportation order against her, as she prepares to leave the country after almost 3 decades of missionary work here.</p>

Australian nun Patricia Fox on Friday said she would insist that she did nothing wrong during her stay in the Philippines that could have caused the deportation order against her, as she prepares to leave the country after almost 3 decades of missionary work here.

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Sister Fox leaving PH, insists she has done nothing wrong

Trishia Billones,

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Published Nov 02, 2018 03:50 PM PHT

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Updated Nov 02, 2018 04:34 PM PHT

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