By Brett Kelman
Pacific Daily News
October 21, 2009
http://www.guampdn.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/910210341/1002
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| Archbishop Anthony Apuron delivers his statement about same-sex unions while Monsignor David Quitugua listens during a press conference at the Chancery Office, yesterday. Photo by Jacqueline Hernandez/Pacific Daily News |
Although Archbishop Anthony Apuron declined to comment yesterday about allegations of clergy on Guam sexually assaulting children, the archbishop expressed "personal regret for the event that painfully affected" Vice Speaker Benjamin Cruz.
Cruz, a former Guam chief justice and Superior Court of Guam judge, on Monday publicly disclosed he was sexually abused by a priest at age 13 while attending school in California. Cruz also alleged that incidents of sexual abuse by clergy had happened on island.
"Unfortunately, sins committed by individuals from every walk of life bear consequences that are painful and should be prevented," Apuron said, reading from a prepared statement at a press conference at the Chancery Office in Hagatna yesterday.
"The church has always treated people involved in such troublesome circumstances in a very personal way so as to limit the hurt that has already been done," Apuron said.
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