GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Byrnes said yesterday a parent of a child who attends Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School has asked that the school drop the bishop’s name.
The former Guam bishop is named in numerous child sexual abuse cases as being aware of certain abuses of altar boys, and allegedly did little to stop or investigate the abuse.
During a press conference held yesterday afternoon concerning developments in the Task Force for the Protection of Minors’ efforts to educate archdiocesan schools and parishes, Byrnes fielded questions from the media which included mention of a complaint made to Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School.
“I’m aware of that particular (request), and as far as I know right now it’s simply from one person,” he said. “(It’s) taken seriously, but it’s one of those situations that’s going to take a while for us to discern the way forward because there’s going to be at least two sides to the story.”
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