GUAM
Pacific News Center
Written by Janela Carrera
Father Mike Crisostomo said he would be meeting with Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai soon to propose the moratorium.
Guam – At least one priest is proposing a moratorium on the Neocatechumenal movement in the wake of eye-opening details of a report on the Redemptoris Mater Seminary.
Father Mike Crisostomo suggested this on Mornings with Patti on News Talk K57 and says he will make this request with Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai when he meets with him next.
The report details and confirms some of the suspicions many catholics on Guam have had for years, that the education does not follow accreditation standards, the value of the seminary is questionable, there is no credible verification process for the acceptance of seminarians, and, the report concludes, that closure of the seminary is warranted.
“I think now that this has all been revealed and exposed, I think one of the suggestions that I’m proposing is that we evaluate the neocatechumenal movement and what that means is that we ask Archbishop Hon or that there be some kind of moratorium or some kind of evaluation done. And then no further catechesis will be implemented until we actually can understand more the impact of how this movement has been in the archdiocese and is it going to be beneficial to the archdiocese and to the faithful,” said Father Crisostomo.
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