Sister Patricia Fox, a 71-year-old Australian nun, is the Mother Superior of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion. She first came to the Philippines in 1990 as a volunteer missionary and has been here since, devoting her life to caring for poor and rural Filipinos. She learned to speak the language, and lived in the poor communities she ministered to.

The decision to expel Australian missionary Patricia Fox from the Philippines, her mission field of 27 years, is a grave mistake. It is also an outrage, a stain on the Filipino character, and a self-serving manipulation of our legal system.