GUAM
Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
October 23, 2017
The historical sexual abuse scandal in Guam’s Catholic Church continues to grow with allegations made against another priest.
A lawsuit has also been filed in relation to abuse by a now defrocked priest in the 1990s – raising questions about whether abuse may have been occurring more recently. But the church says it has now taken steps to prevent abuses.
Jo O’Brien reports.
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A deceased priest Monsignor Jose Guerrero is the latest to be accused of sexual abuse – his victim was just nine years old when five years of alleged abuse began in 1969. Another complainant says he tried to report eight years of abuse by a priest in the 1990s to Archbishop Anthony Apuron in 1999. His lawyer David Lujan says the Archbishop’s advice that prayer would help him get over it is not surprising, given accusations of abuse have also been made against him.
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