GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Andrew Roberto | The Guam Daily Post
The time has come to put aside protests calling for the defrocking of Archbishop Anthony Apuron, according to Concerned Catholics of Guam and the Laity Forward movement.
Both organizations have for about a year now picketed every Sunday in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña vehemently calling on Catholic church leadership to defrock Apuron over allegations of sexual abuse and financial mismanagement. But today, David Sablan, president of Concerned Catholics of Guam (CCOG), says both groups will end their protest.
“We’re getting some very good indications from Archbishop (Michael) Byrnes that he is addressing (CCOG’s concerns) very well, and we want to show our support for him,” Sablan said. “And therefore we’re putting down our picket line today and put our trust and our confidence in the tribunal decision and recommendation to the pope.”
Sablan is confident that Apuron will soon be removed as archbishop, telling The Guam Daily Post, “We trust that the pope and the powers that be in the Vatican will see the reason why he needs to be removed completely from the administration of this archdiocese.”
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