GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
The attorney representing the plaintiffs in more than 50 clergy child sex abuse cases filed in federal court announced yesterday he would be filing a motion to stay his clients’ cases as he enters negotiations for possible out-of-court settlements with the Hope and Healing program.
Attorney David Lujan is representing dozens of named and unnamed plaintiffs who have accused former archdiocese clergy including priests and bishops, the Boy Scouts of America and the Archdiocese of Agana as a whole of either perpetrating, aiding or abetting the sexual abuse of minors from as far back as the 1950s up to as recently as the 1980s. Lujan told District Court Magistrate Judge Joaquin Manibusan yesterday that he would be filing for a stay sometime next week.
Lujan reported that Hope and Healing’s goal is to settle all the cases by Sept. 1. However, given the short period of time between now and the start of September, he added that if settlement talks began and his clients were satisfied with the result, he feels it would not matter whether all of the cases had been completely resolved by then.
“As each case is evaluated and settled, some I expect will settle and some I expect may not settle because perhaps the offer that is being given is not enough,” Lujan said. “It depends on the particular plaintiff.”
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