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By Sabrina Salas Matanane
Catholic World News reports that Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon has been appointed by the Pope as apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Agana. The article on catholiculture.org states the appointment follows recent abuse allegations that were made against Archbishop Anthony Apuron.
In the past two weeks, two people have come forward alleging sexual molestation. Roy Quintanilla alleged he was sexually abused by the Archbishop when he was an altar server at Mt. Carmel Church in Agat where Apuron was a priest at the time. His story, prompted former Guam resident Doris Concepcion to break her silence after more than a decade. She said her son while on his death bed told her too had been molested when Apuron was a priest in Agat. Like Quintanilla, her son was an altar server. The Archbishop has denied the allegations.
During a recent press conference held by Deacon Steven Martinez, a former Sex Abuse Response Coordinator for the Archdiocese of Agana, said the local church’s sex abuse policy was “flawed” and claimed the Archbishop purposely kept the policy weak. According to the Archdiocese of Agana’s sex abuse policy the Archbishop has control of all investigations.
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