GUAM
Guam Daily Post
John O’Connor | Post News Staff
While the Archdiocese of Agana, under the direction of Archbishop Anthony Apuron, indicated it would seek legal action against the archbishop’s accusers, the church now finds itself the target of a lawsuit from the same individuals whose allegations it denied.
The four accusers so far – Roland Sondia, Walter Denton, Edith Doris Concepcion and Roy Quintanilla – filed a complaint for libel and slander against the archdiocese and Apuron yesterday at the Superior Court of Guam.
The complaint referenced the various statements Apuron and the archdiocese released prior to the archbishop’s removal from church matters by the Vatican. Quintanilla was the first among the four to come forward with allegations of abuse in May followed shortly by Concepcion, who claimed her son, Joseph Quinata, had also been abused.
Apuron denied both allegations, and subsequent releases from the archdiocese characterized the accusations as malicious attacks to discredit the archbishop. Shortly after Concepcion came forward, a release was issued on behalf of the archdiocese stating it was “in the process of taking canonical and legal measures against those perpetrating these malicious lies.”
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