GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio, heugenio@guampdn.com Aug. 7, 2017
Dozens of clergy abuse lawsuits are scheduled to go through mediation later this year, but David Lujan, the attorney representing those plaintiffs, on Monday said he is prepared to abandon mediation altogether and take the cases to trial.
At issue is four abuse lawsuits filed against Archbishop Anthony Apuron, who does not want to participate in mediation with his accusers and who instead wants the federal court to move forward and rule on his motions to dismiss the cases.
A stay already has been granted for the cases of dozens of accusers represented by Lujan, but a federal judge, during a hearing Monday, denied Lujan’s motion to postpone further action on the Apuron lawsuits.
Apuron, through his attorney, Jacqueline Terlaje, succeeded in blocking Lujan’s request to stop a hearing on the motion to dismiss the cases involving Apuron.
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