GUAM
Pacific News Center
By Janela Carrera – July 11, 2017
All 26 parishes will be required to raise an additional $1 million as well.
Guam – The Archdiocese of Agana’s finances were so badly managed in the past that they are now implementing austerity measures in order to cover their operational needs of $2.5 million for 2018.
Part of that will include an assessment from all catholic schools of $169 per student per year which means tuition could go up.
Members of the Archdiocesan Finance Council went to great lengths to point out that their efforts to raise money has nothing to do with the scores of sexual abuse lawsuits filed against the church, even repeating their statement several times.
“It’s nothing to do with the sex abuse cases–absolutely nothing … we are not increasing the assessment because of the sex abuse cases,” said AFC President Richard Untalan, adding,”I cannot emphasize that enough.”
Untalan is referring to the Archdiocese of Agana’s planned assessment of all catholic schools and parishes in order to fund their operational budget of $2.5 million for 2018. Of that amount, the church will require the parishes to pay about $1 million while schools will pay $110,000 to fund a superintendent’s office and another $637,000 for operating expenses for a combined total of about $747,000.
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