It's the latest of accusations against the Archdiocese of Agana. An advertisement published over the weekend suggests there's victims of sex crimes who have kept quiet because their alleged molester is the head of the island's Catholic church.

Like the popular church hymn says, be not afraid. "The only way to stop this is to come out and come forward," said Tim Rohr, a blogger and concerned resident. Big and bold, a full-page ad in a print publication over the weekend suggests there's been sex crimes occurring in the local church community for over four decades and calls on alleged victims to speak out.

Said Rohr, "Because they're from here, they have the pressure from their family, their culture, the church, family embarrassment, all these things that have kept them quiet for 40 years. I'm just saying that enough is enough 0953 this diocese has been completely broken."

Rohr confirms the ad was paid for by the Concerned Catholics of Guam, a group formed in 2014 in response to various areas of concern within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agana. According to Rohr, an alleged victim spoke out late last year...that as a young alter boy in Agat, he was molested. "The ad is targeted at finding out who else is out there. Because these things don't happen in isolation. We know that kind of a practice is basically serial. That there's a long period of where kids are groomed and selected and targeted," he said.

"This particular person suffered gravely for many years. His intent anyway is not criminal prosecution or even financial lawsuit or anything like that. In his words, it's justice."

The accused isn't named, but according to Rohr, allude to the head of the local Catholic church. "The dates and locations listed on that ad are where the archbishop, before he was a bishop, was either a pastor or he was present at those places," he said.

Father Edivaldo Da Silva Oliveira speaks on behalf of the archdiocese. His statement to media on Monday confirms the archbishop's innocence is in question. "These privately paid for advertisements are not only a disgraceful attack on the shepherd of the archdiocese, but is an attack on the Catholic Church with the malicious intent to destroy the Catholic faith. Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron has with great conviction defended the Catholic faith and principles for nearly 30 years, and on the eve of his anniversary, this is nothing but an overt and devious attack to harm our Catholic Church," he stated.

Rorh said, "Now, we fully expect the archbishop to deny, deflect, to run a smear campaign against these guys.

"I just say let him try."

Rohr adds that this is just the beginning and press conferences will be scheduled to further address the contents of the ad, as well as their findings.