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Will Guam Have a New Archbishop?

By Krystal Paco
KUAM
September 19, 2016

http://www.kuam.com/story/33125064/2016/09/Monday/will-guam-have-a-new-archbishop



Guam could soon have a new archbishop leading the Archdiocese of Agana. In a message read to parishioners over the weekend from apostolic administrator Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, he announces he's in Rome to meet with the Holy See to remove Archbishop Anthony Apuron and to appoint a successor. According to Hon, he and the Presbyterial Council wrote to Apuron calling on him to resign.

That, however, was unsuccessful.

According to delegate of the administrator Father Jeff San Nicolas, that letter to Apuron was addressed in July. Father Jeff has been left in charge until Hon's return this Thursday.

Father Jeff said, "What he is doing in Rome is advocating that our diocese be made a status sede vacante, meaning that we would no longer have a bishop. In other words, that Archbishop Apuron would no longer be the bishop of our archdiocese."

The action is welcome news to the Concerned Catholics of Guam, who've been rallying for years for Apuron to step down or be removed as head of the local church. Andrew Camacho is the vice president of the CCOG, and told KUAM News, "That was a very positive thing that happened and we hope that the Pope and the Holy See will see fit to follow that advice."

In recent months, five alleged victims have surfaced stating they were either molested by Apuron or witnessed him engaging in sexual acts with altar boys. Apuron also stands accused of conspiring to give the multi-million dollar Redemptoris Mater Seminary for free to the non-profit group RMS Corporation who lists guarantors affiliated with the Neocatechumenal Way.

Hon assures the faithful that the allegations made against Apuron will be dealt with by the congregation of the doctrine of the faith which will hold a canonical trial. "His Holiness, Pope Francis, is monitoring the proceedings," said Hon.

 

 

 

 

 




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