GUAM
Radio New Zealand
An Archbishop in Guam is denying an allegation he molested an altar boy 40 years ago.
52-year-old Roy Quintanilla said the abuse occurred when Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who was then a pastor, asked him to stay the night at his house when he was just 12-years-old.
Mr Quintanilla said he wanted closure and was worried there may be others like him who had pushed the experience of abuse into the back of their minds.
But in a video statement on the website of the Catholic Archdiocese of Agana in Guam, the Archbishop rejected the accusation.
“To be absolutely clear and to avoid any misinterpretations of my statement, I deny all allegations of sexual abuse by Roy Quintanilla.”
Mr Quintanilla, who was then an altar boy, said it felt like the abuse just happened yesterday.
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