GUAM
Pacific News Center
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Written by Janela Carrera
Some members of the catholic church held a protest in front of the Hyatt Hotel Sunday evening to coincide with Archbishop Anthony Apuron’s benefit event also held at the Hyatt.
Guam – Picketers staged a protest outside the Hyatt Hotel last night calling for the resignation of Archbishop Anthony Apuron who was hosting a benefit dinner at the hotel.
The protest was organized by a group of members of the catholic church who have been holding protests almost on a monthly basis.
This time, the message was stronger than ever. In addition to expressing dismay at the archbishop’s decision to remove two beloved priests from their duties, as well as the controversial alleged turnover of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary to a third party, organizers of yesterday’s protest say they’ve finally had it and want the archbishop to step down.
Teri Untalan is a spokesperson for last night’s protest. “We are at this point just asking the archbishop to restore these priests to their parishes, return the Yona property that he stole from the catholics of Guam and resign. We are not looking for reconciliation at this point. We are just asking him to resign from his position. We have no confidence in him and we feel that the only solution when you have no confidence in your leader is to step down,” Untalan says.
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