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Updated: May 18, 2017
By Krystal Paco
Roy Quintanilla started it all, as he announced in 2016, “I have been silent for 40 years mainly because I thought all this time I was your only victim and because I was embarrassed, humiliated, degraded, and terribly confused about what to do. I thought if I said anything that people would not believe me or people would retaliate against me for coming forward. Archbishop Apuron, I will not be silent anymore.”
This week marks one year since the first victim of clergy sex abuse surfaced. Quintanilla is now joined by nearly 70 others who are suing the Archdiocese of Agana. In some cases involving former priest Father Louis Brouillard, the Boy Scouts of America and Boy Scouts of America Aloha Council Chamorro District are also named defendants.
On the docket today, 11 cases. For those involving Father Antonio Cruz, plaintiffs’ counsel David Lujan clarified for the court they aren’t naming his as a defendant because he passed away in 1986. As for Raymond Cepeda who was defrocked, Lujan says they have yet to formally serve him. “We tried. We think we know where he lives but our processor can’t seem to find him,” he said.
A similar case for Brouillard who Lujan states “I don’t think we’ve served him. We attempted to depose him through his counsel but that fell apart.”
While some defendants were no-shows, counsel for the Boy Scouts was present today, attorney Patrick Civille noting they’ve filed a motion to dismiss. Patrick Civille said simply, “Read it. It’s fascinating reading.”
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