GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno, gdumat-ol@guampdn.com June 7, 2016
Archbishop Anthony Apuron has issued a decree declaring Concerned Catholics of Guam a “prohibited society” and warning island Catholics to avoid associating with the whistleblower group.
Apuron issued the decree on June 5, a day before Pope Francis removed Apuron’s administrative authority over the Archdiocese of Agana and named a high-level official from Rome, Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon, as temporary apostolic administrator in Guam.
Apuron has been placed on leave, but gets to keep his archbishop title, while Hon will govern the archdiocese.
Apuron stated his decree would take effect on June 14, but now that a new administrator from Rome is in charge, it’s unclear if his ban on the Concerned Catholics of Guam and its supporters will stand. …
Concerned Catholics responded that the organization doesn’t fall under the authority of the Archdiocese of Agana and doesn’t need the blessing and sanction of Apuron.
“We are identifying ourselves as Catholics — persons who are baptized Catholics, bound together for a common purpose, which is not related to associations needing the approval” of Apuron, according to the organization.
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