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Vatican Preparing to Hold Canonical Trial for Apuron

By Krystal Paco
KUAM
September 30, 2016

http://www.kuam.com/story/33285485/2016/09/Friday/vatican-preparing-to-hold-canonical-trial-for-apruon



Father Jeff San Nicolas, the delegate to the administrator, confirmed today the Vatican is preparing to hold a canonical trial for Archbishop Anthony Apuron. Among other issues at the church, Apuron stands accused of molesting at least four altar boys when he was a priest at Mount Carmel parish in Agat.

The priest told KUAM News, "I believe they are in the process of formulating the court, as Archbishop Hon had shared with me. It's not as if they have a sitting or standing court; these kind of cases are very rare in our church, so they need to put together that type of mechanism in order to put that type of trial. So they're in this type of preliminary stage right now."

Apuron was placed on leave earlier this year. In his place, the Vatican appointed Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai as Guam's apostolic administrator. Hon recently traveled to Rome to urge the Holy See to remove Apuron and appoint another bishop for the Archdiocese of Agana.

 

 

 

 

 




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