GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Mindy Aguon |For The Guam Daily Post Apr 6, 2017
A former altar boy alleges his was sexually abused by a priest in the late 1950s and then bribed to keep quiet.
A lawsuit, filed Thursday in the Superior Court by an individual with the initials, “D.C.” to protect his identity, accuses Father Antonio Cruz of sexual abuse when he was the parish priest at Nuestra Senora De Las Aguas Church in Mongmong.
He is represented by a team of attorneys including Attorney Anthony C. Perez, the James, Vernon and Weeks law firm in Washington, and Attorney Randall Rosenberg in Hawaii.
“D.C.” was raised as a devout Catholic and had been serving as an altar boy since he was six years old. He was one of two altar boys serving along with Anthony Sablan Apuron before he became an ordained priest on Guam and later the Archbishop of the Agana Archdicoese.
The lawsuit alleges Cruz “groomed” the plaintiff by pretending to have a good relationship with him by complimenting him, permitting him to drink communion wine and fully trusting in him.
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