GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com March 2, 2017 | Updated 7:49 p.m. ChT March 2,
Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes extends his prayers and asks others to do the same for all victims of clergy sexual abuse, including five former altar boys who recently filed multi-million dollar lawsuits against former island priest Louis Brouillard, the Archdiocese of Agana and other unnamed defendants.
In a statement on Thursday afternoon, Byrnes said he extends his prayers to former altar boys Morgan Wade Paul, Benny T. Manglona, Johnny T. Bascon, Albino T. Bascon and Roque Flores, as well as their families.
Their lawsuits have brought to 23 the total number of childhood sexual abuse cases filed so far in the U.S. District Court of Guam.
The 23 former altar boys, many of them also former Boy Scouts of America scouts, are represented by attorney David Lujan, of the law firm of Lujan and Wolff. More lawsuits are anticipated to be filed in the weeks ahead, attorneys for other survivors said.
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