GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Mindy Aguon | For The Guam Daily
“The true goal of Hope and Healing is to get victims to sign away their hard-won legal rights and trade ‘spiritual counseling’ for transparency and accountability from church officials. That’s disgusting.” – Joelle Casteix, western region director, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests
An organization that helps thousands of child sex abuse victims nationwide says a new program designed to help victims on Guam heal from past abuse is “disgusting.”
Joelle Casteix, western region director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP), told The Guam Daily Post she was “horrified” at the initial press conference that announced the Hope and Healing program and the selection of Mike Caspino as the director.
Caspino, a California-based attorney, was hired by the Archdiocese of Agana to lead the program and urged sex abuse victims to come forward to heal.
“The true goal of Hope and Healing is to get victims to sign away their hard-won legal rights and trade ‘spiritual counseling’ for transparency and accountability from church officials. That’s disgusting,” said Castei
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