GUAM
Pacific Daily News
August 9, 2018
By Steve Limtiaco
A seventh person has accused Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron of sexual abuse – a man who said Apuron assaulted him in the 1990s when he lived with Apuron and attended Father Duenas Memorial School.
The accusations are spelled out in a lawsuit filed this week by “D.M.”, stating D.M. was a Saipan resident who lived with Apuron on the weekends during the 1994-1995 school year.
A five-member Vatican tribunal in October 2017 found Apuron guilty of “certain of the accusations” of sexually abusing minors and stripped Apuron of his office and prohibited him from living at the Archdiocese of Guam. The verdict was not made public until March 2018.
Apuron appealed, which means the penalties are suspended, pending final resolution by the Vatican.
Archbishop Michael Byrnes, who has been named as Apuron’s eventual replacement, on Thursday said he prays for D.M. and all who have come forward recently with claims of being abused by Guam Catholic clergy.
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