GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com April 18, 2017
A group of Catholics seeking Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron’s removal and defrocking said it’s supporting a program that offers professional counseling, treatment, spiritual healing, compensation and justice to Guam clergy sex abuse victims.
“The quicker we can bring healing and justice to the victims of clergy sex abuse, the better,” David Sablan, Concerned Catholics of Guam president said Monday, referring to Hope and Healing Guam.
Sablan said Concerned Catholics believes the program is an alternative to trying the clergy abuse cases in court, which he said have limitations in helping abuse victims heal emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
“The archdiocese is moving in the right direction in initiating the program and having an independent body administer it,” Sablan said.
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