GUAM
Marianas Variety
Published on Monday, July 21, 2014
By Jasmine Stole – jasmine@mvguam.com – Variety News Staff
HAGÅTÑA — An independent network of survivors of institutional sexual abuse released a statement on Friday announcing their disappointment with Guam Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron for allowing a priest accused of molestation to work under the Hagåtña archdiocese.
SNAP, or the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said Fr. John Howard Wadeson was accused twice of molesting children in Los Angeles, California.
According to www.bishop-accountability.org Wadeson was accused of molestation by two individuals between the years 1973 and 1977. A report from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles dated Feb. 17, 2004 details the same information about Wadeson.
SNAP’s statement did not indicate when Wadeson began working for the local archdiocese, but the island’s Roman Catholic newspaper published a photo of Wadeson with Apuron and three others, celebrating the archbishop’s 30th anniversary of his Episcopal Ordination in Hawaii. The photo was published in February of this year.
The 2013 Agana Archdiocesan directory lists Wadeson as one of four incardinated priests away from the archdiocese.
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