New accuser says Apuron raped him

By Haidee V Eugenio
Pacific Daily News
June 7, 2016

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Walter Denton said he was raped by Archbishop Anthony Apuron in 1977, when Denton was an altar boy in Agat. Photo by Rick Cruz

A 52-year-old man on Tuesday accused Archbishop Anthony Apuron of raping him when he was a boy in 1977.

The man’s accusation is the third allegation of sexual abuse against the archbishop in recent weeks. It is the second recent accusation by an alleged victim.

Speaking to media outside the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica in Hagåtña, Walter Denton, 52, of Casa Grande, Arizona, said that Apuron raped him when he was a boy while sleeping over in the Rectory of the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Agat.

A man in his early 50s, Roy Quintanilla, recently came forward to say that Apuron molested him when he was an altar boy in the 1970s. Apuron, at the time, was a parish priest at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Agat.

Quintanilla inspired Doris Y. Concepcion to also come forward days later to say that, before her son passed away 11 years ago, he told her that he was molested by Apuron when he was an altar boy in Agat, also in the 1970s.

Pope Francis named on Monday night (Guam time) a new apostolic administrator “sede plena” for the Archdiocese of Agana, pending investigation of allegations of sexual abuse against Apuron.

While Apuron remains archbishop of Agana, Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon — as apostolic administrator — has been given temporary authority to govern the Archdiocese of Agana.

The archbishop has not been charged with a crime.