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Pacific Daily News
Written by
Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News
Archbishop Anthony Apuron is innocent of the sexual molestation allegation that has been publicly raised against him, and there’s no need for the Archdiocese of Agana to investigate it, a deacon in charge of coordinating sex abuse reports said this morning.
Deacon Larry Claros, the archdiocese’s newly appointed sexual abuse response coordinator, said he believes the archbishop is innocent “for sure.”
There’s no need to investigate the allegation at this point, Claros said.
An archdiocese review committee did meet and will issue a statement soon, he said.
Claros made the statement outside the archdiocese’s Chancery after having briefly met with John Toves, a 50-year-old man who made the allegation and sent letters about it to Vatican officials recently.
Toves went to the Chancery to see Apuron.
Father Adrian Cristobal, who has been speaking for the archbishop, stepped out of his office to say Apuron wasn’t available.
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