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Updated: Aug 09, 2017
By Krystal Paco
No action will be taken on 20 clergy sex abuse lawsuits as well as a defamation lawsuit filed in the Superior Court. At least…for now.
On Wednesday, the local court granted a motion to stay on both matters in light of settlement talks.
“We requested the motion to stay for the same reasons we had in the District Court; hopefully we’ll be able to come to a settlement through the mediation process with the victims,” said And as Archdiocese of Agana’s attorney John Terlaje requested on Tuesday, Superior Court Judge Michael Bordallo granted a motion to stay on 20 clergy sex abuse cases.
The stay is only for 30-days – just enough time to give parties who’ve expressed willingness to participate in settlement talks time to discuss the processes with mediator, Oregon-based retired federal judge Michael Hogan.
That meeting is scheduled for September 5th in Hawaii followed by Hogan’s trip to Guam in late October. “We seem pretty confident, as long as everyone comes in good faith. We think that the settlement will happen,” Terjale continued.
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