GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com
March 10, 2017
Lujan to file more lawsuits in next few weeks
U.S. District Court of Guam Magistrate Judge Joaquin V.E. Manibusan on Friday afternoon approved a joint request by attorneys for the Archdiocese of Agana and at least 25 former altar boys to consolidate all of the clergy sex abuse cases filed in federal court.
Attorney John C. Terlaje, counsel for the archdiocese, and attorney David Lujan, counsel for 25 former altar boys, also jointly asked for, and were granted, a second extension for the archdiocese to respond to the lawsuits.
The filing deadline was March 10. Manibusan approved another extension up to April 10 for the archdiocese to respond to the 25 cases filed by Lujan’s clients, and any new cases filed before April 10.
Lujan told Terlaje that he intends to file “several new civil cases in this court in the next few weeks,” the attorneys stated in their joint stipulation, approved by the judge.
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