GUAM
Guam Daily Post
By Tony Azios | Post News Staff
The Vatican has appointed an apostolic administrator with temporary authority to govern the archdiocese of Agaña while Archbishop Anthony Apuron faces fallout from at least two allegations of sexual abuse.
On Monday, Pope Francis named Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon, the secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Agaña. A late night press release from the Archdiocese of Agaña confirms that while Apuron remains archbishop of Agaña, Archbishop Hon has been given temporary authority to govern the archdiocese.
The release claims that Hon’s appointment follows a request for Apuron for an apostolic administrator pending the investigation of an abuse allegation.
On Saturday, Pope Francis established new legal procedures to remove bishops deemed negligent in protecting members of their flock from pedophile priests. Specifically, it states that negligence in handling abuse cases is a cause for dismissal.
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