GUAM
Pacific Daily News
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com Feb. 7, 2017
The Archdiocese of Agana, the Vatican and some Catholic priests now face 15 sex abuse lawsuits in U.S. District Court, asking for $75 million. Another former altar boy is expected to sue the church later this week.
The lawsuits had been in the Superior Court of Guam, but after eight judges recused themselves from hearing those cases, citing conflicts of interest, attorney David Lujan started to file the cases in federal court.
Lujan’s law firm said Tuesday they filed a motion to dismiss the 15 clergy sex abuse lawsuits in the Superior Court. A new abuse complaint could be filed as early as Wednesday, the law firm stated.
The Archdiocese of Agana continues to expand its legal defense team, with a fourth California-based lawyer tapped by local attorney John C. Terlaje to serve as co-counsel for the church.
Attorney Daniel C. Zamora, a shareholder at the San Francisco law firm of Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin, filed in federal court on Monday a petition to appear as co-counsel for the archdiocese.
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