GUAM
KUAM
by Jolene Toves
Guam – He came to Guam to confront the archbishop, but things didn’t go exactly as planned for John Toves. It was two weeks ago Toves called KUAM Radio, accusing Archbishop Anthony Apuron of sexually molesting his relative in the early 1980s.
They are allegations the archbishop has vehemently denied and in statement with KUAM News last Friday he planned to file a defamation lawsuit.
Despite the archbishop’s plans to file a defamation lawsuit, Toves isn’t backing down. Thursday morning he went to the chancery to confront the archbishop, instead he was met by Father Adrian Cristobal, who said, “Actually, the archbishop is not available today he is fully booked so he is not able to take any appointments today so do you have a contact we can take?” Toves responded by saying, “Why don’t I just make the appointment now?”, to which the priest said, “We will call you.”
Toves was then allowed to meet with Archdiocese of Agana’s sexual abuse response coordinator Deacon Larry Claros. Claros coincidentally was appointed two weeks ago, around the time the allegations surfaced.
After meeting with Deacon Claros, Toves expressed his dismay as it appears there’s not going to be an investigation. The deacon told KUAM News, “There is no investigation these are just allegations brought forth by Mr. Toves and the review board has met to go ahead and look at these allegations and see if there is anything and there is none.”
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