WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND)
Radio New Zealand

September 20, 2017

By Jamie Tahana

[Note: We missed this important summary article and broadcast during our Tracker blogging in late September.]

In 1985, a 15-year-old boy was invited to do yard work at the local church, that soon led to invitations to watch TV, and then to drink seminary wine with the priest. One day, according to a lawsuit, the priest assaulted him – then dozens of times after that.

In another case, a 7-year-old was first abused on his 7th birthday, and then more than 100 times after that. Another claims he was assaulted in the car on his way to his grandmother’s funeral.

These are just some of the allegations detailed in more than 100 lawsuits filed against the Catholic Church on Guam in the past year. New allegations continue to surface, along with signs of a systematic, decades-long cover-up.

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