GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com Feb. 3, 2017
Superior Court Judge Arthur R. Barcinas this week granted the Archdiocese of Agana’s request for more time to respond to lawsuits which accuse Catholic clergy of sexually abusing and raping former altar boys.
The judge also stated that the cases will not be dismissed in the Superior Court of Guam, even though 12 of the 15 clergy abuse lawsuits filed in local court had also been filed in the U.S. District Court of Guam as of Thursday afternoon. Attorneys representing the former altar boys have said they started filing the cases in federal court because eight Superior Court judges recused themselves. The judges cited conflicts of interest or potential conflicts of interest.
In his Feb. 2 order, Barcinas gave the archdiocese, through counsel John C. Terlaje, 20 days from the issuance of the order to respond to the lawsuits filed in local court.
Barcinas’ written order came a few hours after a hearing attended by archdiocese counsel John Terlaje, along with attorney Gloria Lujan Rudolph representing the alleged clergy abuse survivors, and attorney Jacqueline Terlaje, representing Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron.
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