GUAM
Pacific Daily News
June 10, 2019
By Haidee V. Eugenio
A priest who was serving as a chaplain for the Department of Youth Affairs allegedly sexually abused one of the boys incarcerated at the Mangilao facility for young juveniles years ago, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court on Monday.
The lawsuit, filed by a plaintiff identified in court documents only as BBB to protect his privacy, says former Guam priest Andrew Mannetta abused the boy when he was 14 years old.
Mannetta invited BBB to accompany him to his room at the friary in Sinajana to change his clothes, the lawsuit says.
That’s where the priest abused the boy by touching his private part and doing a sexual act on him, the lawsuit says.
“Plaintiff resisted Mannetta’s act but was too small to stop the abuse,” the lawsuit says. The boy became resentful towards the DYA chaplain after the incident, the complaint says.
BBB, represented by attorney David Lujan, demands $5 million in minimum damages.
The plaintiff named Mannetta and the Capuchin Franciscans as among defendants, along with up to 47 other unnamed defendants.
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