GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Written by
Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News
A day after he was stripped of authority as a Guam priest over child molestation allegations in Los Angeles, Father John Howard Wadeson has left the island.
Wadeson stated he’s been falsely accused, but decided to leave because he didn’t want the accusations against him to tarnish Archbishop Anthony Apuron.
“I was in such shock at the viciousness and lies of what was being said about me and our archbishop, whom I hold in great esteem, that I was lost for words,” Wadeson stated, in response to the Pacific Daily News’ request for comment.
“For the good of the church, I thought it best that I leave the country, albeit with a very heavy heart, so that these false accusations that are being leveled at me do not become weapons to use against our archbishop or the Church of Guam,” he stated.
“I will continue to pray for our church, our archbishop as well as for those who attack him,” Wadeson stated.
Wadeson left yesterday morning, said Father Pablo Ponce, rector of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary. where Wadeson had been staying.
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