GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Written by
Gaynor Dumat-ol Daleno
Pacific Daily News
A group of private citizens has formed a nonprofit organization called Concerned Catholics of Guam, in part to investigate financial and leadership problems within the local Catholic Church.
The problems became public in recent months, but they’ve caused division in the local Catholic Church community for almost two years now, said one of the nonprofit’s officials, Dave Sablan.
Concerned Catholics’ leaders announced yesterday they intend to gather evidence and accept documents from concerned citizens in an attempt to influence change.
They’re not asking for Archbishop Anthony Apuron or other leaders of the Archdiocese of Agana to resign, but they’d like to get a better understanding of why the number of churchgoers in some parishes has dwindled.
If they find proof that specific officials are responsible, they’d like to present that proof to the public and to the Vatican.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.