GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Mindy Aguon |For The Guam Daily Post May 10, 2017
A Talofofo resident alleges he was subjected to repeated sex abuse by former Guam priest Andrew Mannetta while he attended San Miguel Church in Talofofo in the 80s.
The man, identified through initials N.Q., to protect his privacy due to the graphic nature of the child sex abuse allegations, filed a civil complaint with the Superior Court of Guam through his attorney Anthony C. Perez.
The lawsuit alleges that N.Q. began helping out at the Talofofo church in 1985 when he was 15 years old.
Mannetta was the parish priest at the time and gradually increased contact with N.Q. inviting him to eat, drink and watch television in the parish rectory. The lawsuit alleges Mannetta began offering the teen sacramental wine and providing x-rated videos for him to watch.
The priest then suggested N.Q. take naps at the rectory and frequently began giving long and “powerful” hugs while sniffing and kissing the boy’s face and body, the lawsuit states. On several occasions Mannetta allegedly threw N.Q. on the bed and other times ordered him to lay down on his stomach.
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