World’s largest clergy abuse survivors network says abusive priests ‘dumped’ in faraway places Guam’s
Catholic church leadership has known for decades about clergy sex
abuses that happened as early as the 1950s, a retired priest said in a
signed statement released Nov. 1. The statement was released in
connection with civil lawsuits filed by several former altar boys, who
allege sexual abuse at the hands of Guam priests decades ago.
He said his only form of punishment for molesting at least 20 boys at
the time was to say prayers — as instructed by
then-Archbishop Apollinaris W. Baumgartner.