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Jasmine Stole and Kyle Daly, Pacific (Guam) Daily News , KSDK May 16, 2016
HAGATNA, Guam — A 52-year-old man from Hawaii said he was sexually abused by Archbishop Anthony Apuron when he was 12 years old.
Roy T. Quintanilla spoke at a press conference held in front of the Archdiocese of Agana Chancery Office in Hagåtña.
Quintanilla was flanked by his attorney David Lujan and others. Quintanilla said he’s been silent for 40 years. The alleged abuse deeply affected him, causing him to contemplate suicide.
“I’ve never stopped crying,” he said.
Immediately after the press conference, Quintanilla delivered a letter addressed to the archbishop to the chancery office.
When reached by phone later, the chancery office declined comment on the allegations and would not confirm if the letter was delivered to the archbishop.
Allegedly abused as an altar boy
The incident took place when Apuron was the pastor of the Mount Carmel Catholic Church in Agat, Quintanilla said. Quintanilla said he was an altar boy at the time.
Apuron, he said, had asked him to stay over at his house one night and requested he sleep in his bedroom. It was then, he said, that Apuron abused him.
This isn’t the first time the archbishop has been accused of molestation, but it is the first time anyone has come out publicly with a personal account.
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