GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Jasmine Stole, Pacific Daily News May 11, 2016
A full-page advertisement published in local newspapers, including the Pacific Daily News, over the weekend showed the back of a person dressed in Catholic clerical attire and featured the black, bolded words: “Were You Sexually Abused? Molested?”
The Concerned Catholics of Guam, a group that has protested the actions of the local archdiocese, purchased the ad, which asks for victims of sexual abuse to come forward.
The advertisement doesn’t accuse any specific person of abuse, but appears to link the abuse to the Catholic Church.
The Archdiocese of Agana didn’t provide a comment about the ad as of press time.
The ad stated: “If you or someone you know was the victim of sexual abuse during these periods and at these locations, you no longer have to suffer in silence.”
Below this statement is the following list of dates and locations:
1974-1975: Father Duenas Minor Seminary
1975-1976: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Saipan
1976-1978: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish, Agat
1978-1984: Agana Cathedral
Tim Rohr, a Catholic blogger, said more than one person has come forward alleging abuse and the ad was a call to other victims who might want to come forward as well.
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