GUAM - Catholicism is woven deeply into the Spanish-influenced culture of
this land of 165,000 people [in the
Philippine Sea]. Families consider it a blessing to be
closely associated with priests, and having a son grow up to be a priest
or a daughter become a nun is a source of pride.
That's why allegations that the island's
archbishop
molested altar boys decades ago have divided churchgoers and put the
governor in a difficult spot politically. When the Legislature
unanimously sent him a bill eliminating the two-year statute of
limitations for suing over sexual abuse, priests worked feverishly to
stave it off, telling parishioners at Sunday Mass at the island's 26
churches that the measure would bankrupt the church.
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