GUAM
New Vision (Uganda)
By AFP
Added 19th September 2016
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai was sent to Guam three months ago to investigate the accusations against Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who denies any wrongdoing.
A Vatican administrator has urged Rome to remove the head of the Catholic Church in Guam over child sex allegations, warning the scandal could bankrupt the church in the deeply religious Pacific territory.
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai was sent to Guam three months ago to investigate the accusations against Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who denies any wrongdoing.
In a statement read out at church services across the island on Sunday, Hon said he had asked the Holy See to dismiss Apuron after the cleric refused to stand down voluntarily.
“I can assure you that the gravely serious allegations against Archbishop Apuron will continue to be dealt with… a canonical trial,” the statement said.
“His Holiness, Pope Francis, is monitoring the proceedings,” he added.
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