GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Jasmine Stole, jstole@guampdn.com
September 7, 2016
The Vatican-appointed apostolic administrator retained the legal services of two California-based lawyers in a $2 million libel and slander case filed by four people who publicly accused Archbishop Anthony Apuron of sexual assault.
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai, apostolic administrator for the Archdiocese of Agana, retained attorneys Britt Evangelist and Mary McNamara, who both work for the law firm Swanson & McNamara LLP in San Francisco, California.
Evangelist and McNamara filed applications on Aug. 30 to practice as lawyers in Guam temporarily for the case against the archbishop, according to court documents. In their applications, McNamara and Evangelist state they have been retained by Archbishop Hon.
Roy T. Quintanilla, Walter G. Denton, Roland P. L. Sondia and Edith Doris Concepcion, mother of Joseph Quinata, filed a libel and slander lawsuit in July against Apuron and the Archdiocese of Agana, seeking a total of $2 million in damages, according to Pacific Daily News files.
The four are represented by attorney David J. Lujan.
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