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Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio, Pacific Daily News July 11, 2016
The Archdiocese of Agana is revising its response policy for allegations of sexual abuse against officials of the church, weeks after four persons accused Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of sexually abusing altar boys in Agat in the 1970s.
At the same time, Monsignor Brigido “Bibi” Arroyo, the current spokesman for the archdiocese, said Monday that the archdiocese has a new sexual abuse response coordinator — Deacon Leonard “Len” Stohr.
The SAR coordinator post, previously held by Deacon Larry Claros, is a member of a group in the local Catholic Church charged with reviewing sexual abuse allegations.
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, sent by the Vatican to temporarily administer the Archdiocese of Agana while Apuron is stripped of his administrative duties temporarily, said in his latest weekly itinerary that an ad hoc group met on Friday “for the revision of the Archdiocesan Response Policy for allegations of sexual abuse against officials of the Church.”
Arroyo confirmed the revision of the sex abuse response policy, but said the revision was not directly a result of the recent public accusations against Apuron.
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