DELICTA GRAVIORA CUM MINORE

By Tim Rohr

The Neocats argue that their statutes permit a separate celebration of the Easter Vigil for their communities, which, as shown in the picture, was celebrated at the Asan church this past Easter.  

Actually, I support their desire to celebrate separately. If the Neocats have shown us anything in their thirty-plus years in Guam, it's that they are separate from the rest of the Catholic Church in every way. So why not let them celebrate separetly? In fact, why not let them separate altogether?

As Bishop Athanasius Schneider said, the NCW is a "Trojan horse in the Church."

Mr. Fülep: ...there are some new modern movements which are highly supported. One of them is the community of Kiko. What is your opinion about the Neocatechumenal Way?

His Excellency Bishop Schneider: This is a very complex and sad phenomenon. To speak openly: It is a Trojan horse in the Church. I know them very well because I was an episcopal delegate for them for several years in Kazakhstan in Karaganda."

SEE FULL INTERVIEW HERE

The Neocats have their own priests, their own seminaries, their own liturgy, their own catechism; and in Guam, they have their own money, bank accounts, and property - funneled through the corporate facade of Rainan Ilanget Foundation, Inc. 

SEE FULL REPORT HERE

The bottom line, though, is Archbishop Ryan Jimenez. Regardless of what the Neocat Statutes permit or don't permit, one thing is clear: "The Neocatechumenal Way is at the service of the bishop..." (Title 1, Art. 1, § 2. Statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way)

Everything is up to Archbishop Jimenez. If he authorized the Neocats to celebrate their Easter Vigil separately, that's his right. If he didn't, that's his right as well. However, if Jimenez did not authorize this separate Neocat celebration of the Easter Vigil, he then has a duty to sanction, discipline, or warn the actors, especially the ordained ones. 

Moreover, he has a higher duty to inform the rest of us lest by not doing so, Jimenez foments a scandal. And I don't mean the scandal of the NCW doing their own thing, I mean the scandal of an archbishop who is compromised, controlled, and/or intentionally silent on these matters. That's the scandal. And it's a scandal because that's who his predecessor was:

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, publicly persecuted two well-liked and trusted local priests who resisted Neocat takeovers of their parishes.

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, incardinated and shielded a priest credibly accused of sexually molesting minors in another diocese (Wadeson). 

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, smuggled away a priest arrested by police for committing "grave offenses involving a person under the age of eighteen." (Camacho)

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, surreptitiously deeded away a church property with an estimated value of 70 million dollars. 

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, threatened unincardinated priests from the Philippines with deportation if they didn't serve the Neocats.

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, threatened to sue "Tim Rohr and his associates" for daring to speak publicly about all of the above, as well as for supporting men who Apuron had sexually abused, molested, and raped when they were as young as nine years old. 

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, threatened to sue a grieving mother (Doris Concepcion) for sharing what her son (Joseph Quinata) had told her on his deathbed: that Apuon had molested him. (Joseph's brother later testified that Apuron had raped Joseph.)

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, threatened to sue his three initial accusers who came forward and shared their testimonies on an Agana street in 2016.

• A bishop who, at the order of the Neocats, disappeared under the cover of darkness after the first accuser went public, and was spotted in Rome a few days later begging the pope for cover.

• A bishop, who at the order of the Neocats, continued to lie, deny, and threaten, even after he ran away, provoking the public outrage that led to the introduction of legislation, which led to years of litigation and the eventual bankruptcy of this diocese.

• A bishop, who at the order of the Neocats, continues to play the innocent victim even after Pope Francis found him GUILTY after appeal.

• A bishop, who at the order of the Neocats, very recently went public with the biggest lie ever: that because his initial accusers had moved to dismiss their personal cases against him, this was proof that he was innocent, when in fact they dropped their cases because he had no assets to sue for.

So Jimenez needs to decide. And if he doesn't, then we will know.

Oh, by the way, the "priest" standing at the altar in the center is Luis Camacho, who, on September 19, 2025, the Congresso of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, found “guilty of delicta graviora cum minore - grave offenses involving a person under the age of eighteen." (Archdiocese of Agana, Office of the Archbishop, Dec. 11, 2025, Prot. No. 02-48)

Camacho may have filed an appeal, but until that appeal results in an overturn of the Vatican's verdict, Camacho's status is the canonical equivalent of a convicted sex offender. That's a really "good look" for a church that has suffered as ours has. 

Meanwhile, on April 7, 2026, only 2 days after Camacho appeared on the altar in a Catholic church, Jimenez published this in the Pacific Daily News. 

And then they just dropped this: