Archdiocese in the process of selling "one set of assets"

By Janela Carrera
Pacific News Center
June 5, 2017

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/local/13669

The archdiocese began this effort earlier this year when they hired a third party to establish Hope and Healing Guam which is a non profit created to provide counseling and compensation to victims of clergy abuse. The organization was launched with $1 million in seed money but the amount is clearly not enough to cover as dozens and dozens of victims and survivors have called into the hotline within the first week of its launch.

Archbishop Byrnes says a list was formulated of church assets that could potentially be sold.

"Nothing’s been added to the list but we are, we’re actually in process of selling one set of the assets right now. It’s in process so I really can’t elaborate further on that ... we gotta wait for the process to finish," noted Byrnes.

Byrnes has made it clear that schools and parishes are not a part of that list. Among those that are on the list is the controversial Redemptoris Mater Seminary property in Yona. While that property has been returned to the Archdiocese's control after being mired in controversy with leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way, a lawsuit is still pending to ensure legal control of the property.

"We’ve kind of made the initial list but now the effort is to make sure there’s no title issues and make sure that we’ve got exact surveys of the specific lots and those kind of things. So it’s very much in preparatory stage," said Byrnes.

Byrnes also could not give an estimate of the value of the property they are in the process of selling.