GUAM
Pacific Daily News
[with video]
Haidee V Eugenio , heugenio@guampdn.com June 8, 2017
The attorney representing dozens of people who have accused priests, the Catholic Church and the Boy Scouts of America of child sexual abuse on Thursday announced plans to settle some of their lawsuits out of court by Sept. 1.
Attorney David Lujan told U.S. District Court of Guam Magistrate Judge Joaquin Manibusan that he wants to postpone further court action, pending out-of-court settlements or alternative dispute resolution.
“Nothing to lose, your honor, all to gain,” Lujan told Manibusan during a status hearing Thursday morning in the U.S. District Court of Guam in connection with more than 50 clergy sex abuse cases.
Manibusan congratulated parties in the case for finding an alternative dispute resolution.
The judge said he will wait for Lujan’s filing of a motion to stay and will not take further action until that motion has been filed.
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