GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Teri Untalan December 6, 2015
This is the beginning of Advent in the Catholic Church. Rather than words to uplift the faithful during this period of preparation for the coming of Christ, the erstwhile church leaders instead continue their charade that the multimillion-dollar property in Yona still belongs to the archdiocese.
A copy of a certificate of title was posted to support this claim. One can have a certificate of title showing that one owns a particular piece of property, but it would not show that said property has been leased for 99 years, for example.
And a long-term lease is similar to what the archbishop of Agana, Anthony Apuron, did with the property now in the control of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary. Unfortunately, rather than 99 years, this valuable piece of the patrimony of the Archdiocese of Agana was deeded in perpetuity to be used and conveyed by, and transferred and sold to, the Redemptoris Mater.
Be informed that the Redemptoris Mater is not part of the Catholic Church in Guam. It is a nonprofit corporation whose organizational documents show that the majority of the principals do not live in Guam, do not worship here, and whose only connection to Guam are that they are the Neocatechumenal-responsible team for which Guam is part of their area. This deed restriction also does not limit the use of the Yona property to be solely as a seminary, as we have been told.
We, Catholics, are being bedazzled with semantics. The property was not transferred, we are told. Its use was just restricted. It did not change hands, just assured that it would remain a seminary.
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