GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post Jul 6, 2017
A panel of Vatican judges will soon begin deliberating the fate of suspended Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who is facing accusations of child sex abuse when he was a Guam priest decades ago.
Apuron’s ongoing canonical trial in the Vatican is in its penultimate phase, said Coadjutor Archbishop Michael Byrnes during a press conference held earlier this morning.
“I have been notified, in the past couple of weeks, by the notary of the tribunal (confirming) that the discovery period of the trial (has) ended and the next phase, which will happen sometime in the next several weeks, will be a convening of the three judges to deliberate on what they heard,” Byrnes said.
After the Vatican judges deliberate, Byrnes said they will publish the sentence, which will include what he called “the point of the trial” in addition to the verdict.
He said three possible verdicts may be reached: guilty, not guilty or not proven.
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