GUAM
Pacific News Center
Written by Janela Carrera
Father Jeff San Nicolas released the full Seminary Report to the media this afternoon.
Guam – Father Jeff San Nicolas, the delegate to Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, made a tearful plea to senators, the governor and churchgoers to carefully consider the consequences bill 326 will have on the local church.
Several dozen people filled the conference room at the Cathedral Basilica today to listen to Father Jeff San Nicolas’ statement on bill 326, which seeks to lift the statute of limitations on civil litigation on child sex abuse.
Father San Nicolas’ address on bill 326 did not differ much from that of Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, the temporary administrator for the Archdiocese of Agana. Archbishop Hon also called upon Governor Eddie Calvo to consider the bill and circulated a petition to call for its veto. Like Archbishop Hon, Father San Nicolas also apologized to victims and survivors of clergy sex abuse.
Father San Nicolas then spoke about the grave consequences bill 326 could have on the church, noting that bankruptcy and insolvency would be inevitable. …
“I was also instructed not to release the seminary visitation report. I will do just that soon after this press briefing. I realize that I am taking a stand against my superiors but I must because the vast majority of the people on Guam who have suffered from a leadership over the past several years has not been kept informed about issues that directly concern them,” he added.
The full Seminary Report was released to the media this afternoon.
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