GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com November 15, 2016
The Archdiocese of Agana regained full control of its seminary property in Yona after Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes used his authority to cancel deeds signed several years ago by Archbishop Anthony Apuron, according to the church.
Byrnes on Nov. 9 signed a decree, canceling, repealing and rescinding a five-year-old declaration of deed restriction that allowed a seminary and theological institute controlled by the Neocatechumenal Way to use the Yona property indefinitely.
The seminary will continue to operate, church officials said.
The Concerned Catholics of Guam, a group that has been pushing for Apuron’s removal, was poised to file a lawsuit to ensure the archdiocese doesn’t lose ownership and control of the Yona property.
Byrnes, who was appointed by the Vatican as Apuron’s successor, also used his authority to sign documents to replace the Redemptoris Mater Seminary’s board of directors, abolish the RMS Corporation’s board of governors, take personal control of the seminary, and sign all rights to the property back to the archdiocese. These include amending the RMS Corporation’s by-laws.
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