GUAM
Pacific News Center
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com June 1, 2017
The Archdiocese of Agana issued a written statement Thursday, stating it continues to pray for all victims of child sexual abuse, and has once again asked people to use the “Hope and Healing” initiative which provides professional counseling to anyone who has been abused by clergy or church employees.
“As the designated shepherd of our Catholic Church on Guam, I acknowledge the newest lawsuits and allegations of clergy sexual abuse filed by individuals known by the initials of A.N.D., G.J. and B.J. as well as Mr. Francis Charfauros and Mr. Troy Torres,” Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes said in a statement.
The statement was issued before another abuse lawsuit was filed by a man with the initials R.Q.
Byrnes also said he extends his prayers and that of the entire church to the latest people who filed lawsuits.
“I ask all people to continue to pray for them, the individuals who have come forward before them, as well as all who have been devastated by the evil of abuse,” Byrnes wrote.
The archdiocese is now facing 70 clergy sex abuse lawsuits accusing clergy, and two other lawsuits, accusing a Catholic school teacher, filed in the Superior Court of Guam and the U.S. District Court of Guam.
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