GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , Pacific Daily News October 5, 2016
The board secretary for The Catholic Cemeteries of Guam Inc. on Wednesday disputed claims by the Archdiocese of Agana that the board improperly approved a resolution which accuses Monsignor James Benavente of misusing cemetery funds for personal benefit.
The board filed a complaint with the Guam Police Department and the Office of the Attorney General Sept. 30, shortly after the archdiocese held a press conference exonerating Benavente.
Jacqueline T. Terlaje, an attorney who is the board’s secretary, said the board unanimously approved a Sept. 30 resolution, authorizing the filing of the complaint.
The archdiocese had disputed the complaint, saying the board never met Sept. 30, and stating it was not unanimously approved, as described in the resolution. And a past Catholic Cemeteries board had approved the use of the funds, so the allegations are not true, according to the archdiocese.
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