GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Judge Maria Cenzon of the Superior Court of Guam recused herself from two civil cases filed in her courtroom on Tuesday. According to attorney John C. Terlaje, who represents the Archdiocese of Agana, Cenzon has a familiar relationship with a member on the finance council of the archdiocese. Judge Cenzon filed her recusal order to the court stating the specific details. The cases involves Roy T. Quintanilla and Anthony J. Vegafria, who have accused Archbishop Anthony Apuron of sexual abuse. A new appointment for a presiding judge in the case is expected soon.
Cenzon is now the second judge of the Superior court of Guam to recuse herself from controversial cases of church sex abuse. Judge Anita Sukola, in a civil case filed by Leo Tudela against former Guam priest Rev. Louis Brouillard and the Archdiocese of Agana, stated that she was “closely related to several members of the Neocatechumenal Way,” an organization within the archdiocese of Agana.
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