GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Written by
Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News
Monsignor James Benavente responded directly to Archbishop Anthony Apuron, in a letter sent today, on Apuron’s previous public statements of financial mismanagement and financial record-keeping problems under Benavente’s watch.
Some of the archbishop’s statements were “absolutely wrong,” Benavente wrote.
A group of Guam financial experts also held a press conference this morning, saying the archbishop’s statements weren’t factual.
On Apuron’s public statement that the Catholic Cemeteries of Guam used land that was not under its name, but was instead under the Archdiocese of Agana, as collateral for a loan, Benavente wrote:
“Regarding the recording of the land at the Catholic Cemeteries as an asset, the Deloitte & Touche (letter) acknowledges this correction in their letter of Jan. 8, 2014. It should be noted that before the Deloitte audit, the only persons who could have have known that the land was also recorded on the Archdiocese books was you, as archbishop, and Deacon Dominic Kim. Additionally, your letter is absolutely wrong in stating that the property was used to secure a loan…. This clarification was pointed out to Deacon Kim in 2012, and a copy of that letter was also given to you.”
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