Another allegation made against Archbishop Apuron

Friday, June 17th, 2016

Another former altar boy, Roland Paul L. Sondia, came forward Wednesday morning to publicly accuse Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of sexual abuse.

Sondia, 54, said Apuron sexually abused him when he was a 15-year-old altar boy during a sleepover at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church rectory in Agat where Apuron was parish priest in the summer of 1977.

Sondia is the fourth person to accuse Apuron of sexual abuse of altar boys in recent weeks starting in May. Apuron has not been charged with any crime. Continue reading

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