GUAM
Guam Daily Post
Mindy Aguon | For the Post Feb 8, 2017
A canon law expert from Rome who also works at Boston College has directly contacted three victims of sexual abuse to seek their depositions. The attorney who represents the victims has called for answers, threatening to file an ethical complaint if communication with his clients continues without his consent.
In a letter to Rev. James J. Conn, attorney David Lujan questioned why the religious professor contacted three of his clients – Roland P.L. Sondia, Roy T. Quintanilla and Walter G. Denton – to discuss their cases for a matter “not related to the lawsuits on Guam.”
Conn is listed as the ordinary professor of canon law, Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome; and professor of the practice of canon law, School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, according to the Canon Law Society of America.
Lujan said his clients were contacted directly, and despite his clients insisting that Conn would need to go through their lawyer, the professor said the matter is not related to the lawsuits in Guam so they did not need their attorney’s consent.
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