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Fox had claimed a lack of due process and denied that her involvement in human rights campaigns breached the terms of her missionary visa.
“What the Bureau of Immigration did in this case is beyond what the law provides, that is why it has to be struck down,” Guevarra said.
Australian nun Sister Patricia Fox, right, takes part in prayers to protest the killings of Roman Catholic priests in the Philippines.
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The Australian nun, who grew up in Melbourne and obtained a law degree at the University of NSW in Sydney, has been a missionary in the Philippines since 1990.
On Monday evening she took part in a mass prayer to protest the killing of priests.
Three have been killed in the last six months, the latest, Father Richmond Nilo, was behind the altar inside a chapel when two unidentified gunmen shot him four times through a window lst week.
The deportation bid against Fox came amid a wider clampdown on critics of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
A spokeswoman for Fox said there was still a case to be pursued against the deportation order even though the revoking of her missionary visa had been cancelled.
“But for now, Sister Fox can stay in the Philippines,” she said.
The nun welcomed the decision.
“I will continue to fight the deportation case,” she Fox said.
“I want to stay here to work for the poor.”
AAP
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