Where's Burke?
Where's The Dubia?
Bottom Of The Mariana Trench....
Where's The Dubia?
Bottom Of The Mariana Trench....
Sent to Guam never to come back.....
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - A former altar boy who has accused Guam's longtime archbishop of sexually abusing him refused Thursday to testify before a Vatican court headed by American Cardinal Raymond Burke on the grounds that he couldn't have his lawyer present. Roland Sondia met with Burke and other Vatican officials who travelled to the Pacific island U.S. territory to take testimony for the trial of Guam Archbishop Anthony Apuron, attorney David Lujan said. Lujan said the proceedings were "worse" than he had expected because he wasn't allowed to be present to advise his client, who was to have been "questioned by the prosecutor, who is a priest, and Archbishop Apuron's lawyer, who is a priest, and a presider who is Cardinal Burke, and a notary who is also a priest." "We felt it wasn't in my client's best interest to be in that position," he said. He said Sondia may submit a written declaration instead. Apuron is facing multiple allegations of sex abuse of altar boys in the 1970s. Sondia, now an adult, has publicly accused Apuron of molesting him when he was 15. Apuron has denied the claims and has not been criminally charged. Lujon said another witness - the mother of a deceased altar boy who also accused Apuron - would also refuse to testify. Source
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