KUAM News has confirmed a priest has tendered his resignation following his arrest on Tuesday. It's yet the latest controversy to come out of the local Catholic church, already torn apart over many issues. Guam Police Department spokesperson Officer AJ Balajadia confirms a man by the name of Luis Camacho was arrested Tuesday on charges of custodial interference.

Balajadia says Camacho was with a 17-year-old female minor who was not in school at the time they were found by police parked at a beach in Agat.  Balajadia says Camacho was booked and released. 

According to the Archdiocese of Agana website,  in January 2014 Father Camacho was assigned as pastor of San Dimas Church in Merizo and San Dionisio Church in Umatac.

According to news files it was in November 2013 that Camacho who was 28 years old at the time was ordained by the archbishop into the sacred order of priesthood.  According to a press release that was issued at the time, Camacho was formed at the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Yona.  It went on to state that Camacho is a native son of Guam and will be the first Chamorro to be ordained from the seminary and that he is part of the Agana 2 community of the Neocatechumenal Way.

So what exactly is custodial interference? According to the Guam law  it is defined by knowingly enticing a person less than 18 years old from his lawful custodian knowing that he has no right to do so.   

In a statement issued by Archdiocese of Agana, vice chancellor Father Jose Alberto Rodriguez, Archbishop Anthony Apuron accepted Father Camacho's resignation effective immediately. Father Jose went on to state that the Archdiocese has initiated a canonical investigation and is cooperating fully with civil authorities.

In the meantime, Father Luis' faculties have been restricted.  Rev. Father Julius Akinyemi has now been assigned as parochial administrator of San Dimas and San Dionisio.