The Catholic Church on Guam says a group of investigators will soon arrive as part of the canonical trial of the island’s archbishop. The Archbishop, Anthony Apuron, is facing a Vatican trial after several former altar boys accused him of sexual assault in the 1970s, when he was a parish priest. Continue reading
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Guam – Investigators will soon arrive as part of canonical trial process
Monday, February 13th, 2017Hon says Archbishop Apuron failed to act on recommendation given in 2015
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai said Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron had more than a year, from early 2015, to prove to the Vatican he could improve his weak pastoral governance and unify the Catholic Church on Guam. But he failed to heed the calls, and the subsequent public allegations that Apuron sexually abused Agat altar Read more
Canonical trial of Archbishop Apuron underway
Friday, December 2nd, 2016
The canonical trial of Archbishop Anthony Apuron started. “It’s been initiated, I know that much. The argument has been exchanged and now it’s kind of like in the second phase of investigation, examination,” said Archbishop Michael Byrnes, the newly appointed coadjutor bishop of Hagåtña (Guam) at a press conference on Monday afternoon. Byrnes, who arrived Read more
Carmelite nuns say they were asked to lie about ownership of seminary
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
Archbishop Anthony Apuron, the Rev. Pius Sammut and others, in 2014, tried to get the Carmelites Sisters to lie said Mother Dawn Marie, the superior of the Carmelite Monastery on Guam. The Carmelites had anonymously donated the $2 million used by the Archdiocese of Agãna, to buy a former hotel in Yona. They considered suing the church Read more
Mixed reaction to Guam’s new Archbishop
Friday, November 18th, 2016
Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Byrnes will arrive from Detroit on Nov. 28 and be welcomed by Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai and other clergy, the Archdiocese of Agãna has told The Pacific Daily News. Some consider him to be an “outsider”. Guam will be Byrnes’ first long-term assignment out of Detroit, Michigan. “I wonder about the Read more
Bishop from Detroit appointed coadjutor in Guam
Tuesday, November 8th, 2016
The Holy Father has appointed Jude Michael Byrnes as the coadjutor archbishop of Agaña “with special faculties.” He has been given full pastoral responsibility and administrative authority in the archdiocese. “I got a call from the papal nuncio (Archbishop Christophe Pierre); it was a 5-10 minute conversation, where he asked me if I would accept Read more
Guam removes statute of limitations on sexual abuse crimes
Friday, September 16th, 2016
Last Monday lawmakers in Guam unanimously approved legislation to permanently remove the statute of limitations for all sexual abuse crimes, allowing victims to file civil cases against their alleged assailant. Sen. Frank Blas Jr., R-Barrigada, introduced Bill 326-33 a few months ago, following several public accusations by former altar boys who allege that Archbishop Anthony Apuron sexually abused them Read more
10 Samoan seminarians withdrawn from Guam Seminary
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Up to 10 people from Samoa and American Samoa studying for the priesthood at a Redemptoris Mater Seminary (RMS) in Guam have been withdrawn. Six are from the Archdiocese of Samoa in Apia, and two are from the Diocese of Samoa in Pago Pago. However, the number will reach 10 if two other RMS seminarians Read more
Archbishop did not obey the Pope over property alientation
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron did not follow Pope Francis’ instruction to rescind and annul a deed restriction. The deed gives Redemptoris Mater Seminary of Guam and the Blessed Diego Theological Institute the legal right to use the Archdiocese of Agana’s (Guam) property. Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Honmore, the Vatican appointed administrator of the Archdiocese says Read more
Archbishop Hon retracts allegations
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Agãna has retracted the allegedly defamatory statements Archbishop Anthony Apuron and other officials made about people who have accused Apuron of sex abuse. These statements form the basis of a lawsuit charging libel and slander currently being served on the archdiocese. Hon stated: “Let Read more