GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | Post News Staff
On Thursday, Archbishop Hon, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Agana, released a statement in which he addressed issues concerning the Redemptoris Mater Seminary (RMS) property in Yona.
Questions surrounding the current status of ownership of the Yona property have circulated within concerned parties and Catholic laity since documentation filed in November of 2011 when a declaration of deed restriction was filed in the government of Guam.
During his first official address to the media, Hon responded to a question regarding the RMS by stating that the property was still entirely within the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Agana. However, in Thursday’s statement, Hon clarified his stance in saying, “The ‘property’ was no doubt acquired by the Archdiocese, and yet its use has been conceded in perpetuity to RMS and Blessed Diego Theological Institute.”
He concluded his statement with the following: “Thus, I hereby sincerely ask the collaboration of all the faithful to act with obedience to the directive of the Holy See. And, in particular, I request that community which now enjoys in perpetuity the use of the “property” to spontaneously and effectively renounce, without any litigation, such a benefit obtained from the Archdiocese of Agana.”
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