GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio, Pacific Daily News July 26, 2016
Nearly two months after the Vatican sent him to temporarily oversee the Catholic Church in Guam, Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai confirmed on Sunday that a revision of the local church’s policy for responding to sexual abuse accusations would include language on how to respond to allegations against the archbishop himself.
At least four individuals publicly accused Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of sexually molesting altar boys in the 1970s when Apuron was parish priest at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Agat.
But since the public accusations in May and June, the local church or the Vatican has not released any detail about any investigation into Apuron.
Church law states only the Vatican can investigate an archbishop, but it’s unclear whether an investigation has even started.
Apuron hasn’t been charged with any crime and remains archbishop, but he’s been temporarily stripped of his administrative authority over the Archdiocese of Agana.
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