GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | Post News Staff
Despite the strides taken by the Catholic Church to address a concerned laity, the weekly protests outside the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica continued yesterday with the clockwork-like precision that all have come to expect from them.
According to Laity Forward Movement spokeswoman Lou Klitzkie, the protests will continue until their demands are met – namely, the removal of Archbishop Anthony Apuron as the Ordinary of the Archdiocese and the return of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary to church patrimony.
While Apuron’s exact status remains tenuous, pending a canonical trial in Rome that is supposed to be ongoing, the appointment of coadjutor archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes at least suggests that a clear line of succession is now in place in the eventuality that Apuron is removed.
According to Concerned Catholics of Guam president Dave Sablan, Apuron’s removal is a foregone conclusion – especially with the filing of the suits against him by child sex abuse survivors Roland Sondia, Walter Denton, Roy Quintanilla and Leo Tudela.
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