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Pacific Daily News

Haidee V Eugenio, heugenio@guampdn.com July 12, 2017

Eleven clergy sex abuse cases will move forward while parties in other cases try to settle them out of court.

U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Joaquin V.E. Manibusan Jr. on Tuesday vacated his April order temporary halting the filing of briefs in clergy sex abuses lawsuits. Manibusan set August deadlines to file motions on 11 of 66 clergy sex abuse cases filed so far in federal court. A hearing on those cases is set for August 29 at 9:30 a.m.

The 11 cases are among those the judge earlier expressed concerns over diversity jurisdiction — whether the federal court can entertain the cases because they involve citizens of different states.

They include lawsuits that accuse Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of raping and sexually abusing Agat altar boys; the former altar boys now live in Hawaii and Arizona.

They…