GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | Post News Staff
On the same day an 18th child sex abuse claim was filed in Guam’s federal court, the legal counsel for the alleged victims said yesterday that he expected the number of accusers to double.
Attorney David Lujan and one of his clients spoke briefly with the media yesterday at the Archdiocese of Agana Chancery before meeting with a representative of a Vatican-led tribunal sent to Guam to receive testimony from those who have accused former Guam clergy of abuse as part of an ongoing investigation into Archbishop Anthony Apuron. The Vatican investigation is penal, or criminal, in nature, according to documents.
While all of the accusers that Lujan currently represents are former altar boys, attorney Gloria Rudolph noted that some of the victims whose cases have not yet been filed never served as altar boys.
“Some of them weren’t altar boys,” she said. “They were students at Catholic schools.”
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