GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Gaynor D. Daleno | The Guam Daily Post
“We’ve learned that when you slug it out in court and go back and forth and eventually settle the cases, it doesn’t do anybody much good.” – Mike Caspino, director, Hope and Healing program
The director of a recently created program to promote hope and healing for multiple victims of child sex abuse at the hands of Guam priests decades ago said he’s aiming for an out-of-court resolution of all the Guam cases.
And not only is Mike Caspino aiming to resolve all cases, which have topped 50 accusers in recent weeks, he’s optimistic he can get all the parties to agree to a resolution by this summer.
Caspino was recently named by the Archdiocese of Agana as the director of the Hope and Healing program as part of archdiocesan efforts to reach out to victims of clergy sexual abuse by establishing a victims settlement fund.
He said the goal for a resolution by this summer is possible “through a lot of hard work and prayers.”
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