GUAM
Pacific News Center
Written by Janela Carrera
The Hope and Healing fund is a separate entity from the Archdiocese of Agana and all phone calls will be made confidential.
Guam – A day after the Archdiocese of Agana filed for dismissal of 36 federal cases of sexual abuse, they introduced the executive director of the Hope and Healing fund. His name is Michael Caspino, an attorney with extensive background in handling similar cases for other catholic dioceses.
So if the church is asking the federal court to dismiss the cases on grounds that the law that lifted the civil statute of limitations for sex abuse cases is unconstitutional, then how can they, in the same breath, offer a Hope and Healing fund for the same victims who are seeking monetary damages in court?
“My main commitment to this is to the healing of the victims and that we’re ready to do whatever it takes to accomplish that,” said Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Byrnes.
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