GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com
April 10, 2017
The Archdiocese of Agana asked the federal court to dismiss dozens of clergy sex abuse lawsuits, based on a challenge to a seven-month-old law that lifted the statute of limitations for childhood sexual abuse cases.
Attorney John Terlaje, one of the attorneys for the archdiocese, along with U.S.-based lawyers, filed on Monday a report on the April 24 scheduling and planning conference. It referred to at least 37 sex abuse cases with claims he said were from 30 to 36 years ago. To date, the archdiocese is facing 46 clergy abuse lawsuits, including a handful filed in local court.
“The Archdiocese and Archbishop (Anthony) Apuron have filed motions to dismiss based on a challenge to the newly-passed statute of limitations relating to child sex abuse codified at 7 GCA 11301.1,” he said.
The law, signed on Sept. 23, 2016, allows victims of child sex abuse to sue their abusers, and the institutions with which they are or were associated, at any time.
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