GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Chris Wong | Post News Staff
While the Archdiocese of Agana faces lawsuits filed on behalf of child sex-abuse victims, some of the vocal members of the island’s Catholic community continue to press for suspended Archbishop Anthony Apuron to be removed of his title permanently.
Apuron currently holds no administrative powers or duties in the archdiocese, and was recently found living in Fairfield, California while he’s facing a confidential trial in the Vatican on allegations of child sexual abuse. The Vatican canonical trial is separate from the dozen cases filed against the Archdiocese of Agana in the federal court, and other cases filed in the local courts in Guam.
“Just mentioning his name creates a lot of pain for people,” said David Sablan, president of the nonprofit organization Concerned Catholics Of Guam (CCOG).
Sablan spoke with the Post after completing their 29th week of protesting in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña.
According to Lou Klitzkie, of the Laity Forward Movement, these groups of protesters hope to raise attention to the issues of the Catholic faithful who have felt wronged, that their issues were not being properly addressed.
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