GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | Post News Staff
The Archdiocese of Agana released a statement yesterday in response to the latest allegations of child sexual abuse, apologizing for allegations of abuse made against clergy who served on Guam over the past several decades.
The latest suit, filed Dec. 7, came from Robert Aguon Perez, a 45-year-old Los Angeles resident, and named former Guam priest Rev. David Anderson. The suit alleges that Anderson sexually abused Perez when he was a child serving as an altar boy at the St. Jude parish in Sinajana and a student of Father Duenas Memorial School between the years 1982 and 1986. According to Post files, Perez would have been between the ages of 11 and 15 when the alleged abuse took place.
Yesterday’s statement released by the archdiocese confirmed that Anderson was a priest who served on Guam during the period of time indicated by Perez’s suit.
“Regarding the latest allegation of sexual abuse by clergy and lawsuit filed by Mr. Robert Aguon Perez, the Archdiocese confirms that David Anderson was a priest who served on Guam in the 1970s and ‘80s under the order of the Capuchin Franciscan Friars,” the statement read. “He was assigned at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Sinajana from 1978-83. He also taught at Father Duenas Memorial School from 1978 to the 1980s.”
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