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Updated: Mar 18, 2015

By Jolene Toves

KUAM News has confirmed a priest has tendered his resignation following his arrest on Tuesday. It’s yet the latest controversy to come out of the local Catholic church, already torn apart over many issues. Guam Police Department spokesperson Officer AJ Balajadia confirms a man by the name of Luis Camacho was arrested Tuesday on charges of custodial interference.

Balajadia says Camacho was with a 17-year-old female minor who was not in school at the time they were found by police parked at a beach in Agat. Balajadia says Camacho was booked and released.

According to the Archdiocese of Agana website, in January 2014 Father Camacho was assigned as pastor of San Dimas Church in Merizo and San Dionisio Church in Umatac.

According to news files it was in November 2013 that Camacho who was 28 years old at the time…