Nearly 100 sex abuse suits against Catholic priests rock island of Guam

Jim
Society & Culture
Guam
Roman Catholicism
Sexual Abuse

The lawsuits and other public statements collectively claim that priests preyed on children for nearly four decades, with allegations of wrongdoing reaching the highest levels of the Guam Catholic hierarchy. Archbishop Anthony Apuron, 13 Guam priests and others, including a Catholic schoolteacher, a Catholic school janitor and a Boy Scout leader, are alleged to be sexual predators. Guam’s Archdiocese of Agana is a defendant in 96 lawsuits. The complaints detail alleged attacks from 1955 through 1994 and claim some religious leaders knew of the exploitation and ignored it. One retired priest, who admitted in an affidavit that he sexually abused 20 or more boys, still receives a monthly stipend from the archdiocese.

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Bert Perry
Mon, 08/07/17 10:40 am

….is the current population of Guam, of which about 140,000 are Catholic. One lawsuit for every 1400 congregants. This is a hideous picture of what happens when people ignore credible evidence of sin; huge numbers of people abused.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.