HAGATNA (AP) — The archbishop of Guam told church investigators to contact those who say they were sexually abused by clergy after learning this week that another former altar boy accused a priest of molesting him decades ago.
Leo B. Tudela testified during a hearing Monday at the Guam Legislature, urging support for legislation that would lift the statute of limitations for lawsuits against those who sexually abused children.
It comes after three former altar boys and the mother of another filed a $2 million libel and slander lawsuit against former Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron and the archdiocese, saying they were called liars when they raised allegations against Apuron.
He has denied sexually abused boys in the 1970s and hasn’t been charged with any crime.
Tudela told lawmakers he was abused by a priest at a Guam Catholic school.