Priest Proposes Moratorium on Neocatechumenal Movement

By Janela Carrera
Pacific News Center
September 21, 2016

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/local/10930


Father Mike Crisostomo said he would be meeting with Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai soon to propose the moratorium.

Guam - At least one priest is proposing a moratorium on the Neocatechumenal movement in the wake of eye-opening details of a report on the Redemptoris Mater Seminary.

Father Mike Crisostomo suggested this on Mornings with Patti on News Talk K57 and says he will make this request with Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai when he meets with him next.

The report details and confirms some of the suspicions many catholics on Guam have had for years, that the education does not follow accreditation standards, the value of the seminary is questionable, there is no credible verification process for the acceptance of seminarians, and, the report concludes, that closure of the seminary is warranted.

"I think now that this has all been revealed and exposed, I think one of the suggestions that I'm proposing is that we evaluate the neocatechumenal movement and what that means is that we ask Archbishop Hon or that there be some kind of moratorium or some kind of evaluation done. And then no further catechesis will be implemented until we actually can understand more the impact of how this movement has been in the archdiocese and is it going to be beneficial to the archdiocese and to the faithful," said Father Crisostomo.

We sought a response from Dr. Ricardo Eusebio, who sits on the board of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary. This is what he had to say.

"God has deemed that in order for all of us to get to heaven that we would walk a certain path. He has chosen for myself and my family to be catholic. There are people who are protestants, there are people who are muslims, there are people of many faiths and religions. All of them have different paths to get to heaven," explained Dr. Eusebio.

"I have found a way for me to walk on this path. I need a cane. I need something to help me walk on this path because it's very difficult for me to walk on this path ... but for me to walk on this path to reach heaven, I need a cane. The neocatechumenal way is my cane. Why would somebody want me to be in this path without help, without the ability to walk with my cane? Why would a priest take away my cane?"