16th priest accused in sex abuse suit

GUAM
Pacific Daily News

September 5, 2017

Haidee V Eugenio, heugenio@guampdn.com

Another Catholic clergy member on Guam has been accused of child sexual abuse, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday.

Father Louis William Rink, who is now deceased, was sued by a former altar boy identified in documents only as R.R.C. to protect his privacy. The lawsuit accuses Rink of abusing the boy, who was 10, in Dededo in the 1980s. Rink is the 16th Guam clergy member accused in court of child sexual abuse.

Rink allegedly molested the boy in the Santa Barbara Catholic Church sacristy and told him that one of the 10 Commandments is “Thou shall Honor your mother and your father,” which also includes the priest, the lawsuit states.

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