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Vatican Insider

February 11, 2018

By Salvatore Cernuzio

The February 7th audience with Pope Francis in the Vatican. The verdict of Cardinal Burke’s trial remains unpublished. The latest accusation from his nephew. The Church on the island is hit with an avalanche of lawsuits

Guam’s Archbishop Apuron breaks his silence: “I deny all allegations made against me”

“Holy Father, I wanted to see you before dying.” Arriving at the Paul VI Hall in a wheelchair due to health problems, Msgr. Anthony Apuron, the Archbishop of Guam suspended amid abuse accusations, greeted Pope Francis at the end of the general audience on February 7th. Bergoglio reacted with affection, shaking the bishop’s hand and privately giving him a few words of encouragement.

Apuron had recently undergone surgery, as he revealed in a statement released in the last few weeks breaking his silence concerning the accusations of sexual abuse against…