MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine Catholic
school is witholding the diplomas of six
high school boys who uploaded Facebook
photos that appear to show them kissing
each other, an education official said Friday.
A day earlier, a Philippine court rejected
another Catholic school's decision to bar five
girls from graduation ceremonies because
they had posed in bikinis for photos posted
on Facebook . The cases test the limits of
privacy in a conservative Catholic nation that
is also among the world's most prolific
users of social networking sites.
Department of Education officer Samuel
Mergenio said in a interview that the six
boys told him they had taken prank photos
to make it appear that their lips touched.
One of the boys uploaded the pictures on
Facebook and mistakenly made them
available to others, Mergenio said.
The pictures were not taken at the boys'
school, Infant Jesus Academy in the Manila
suburb of Marikina, but the students were
wearing school uniforms, he said.
Mergenio said the school's chancellor
informed the department late Thursday that
the boys will be allowed to participate in the
graduation ceremonies but "the release of
their diplomas will be delayed." He said the
school did not say when the diplomas will
be handed over and that he was awaiting a
formal written report from the school.
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