By Tim Rohr
In February 2017, Cardinal Raymond Burke was sent to Guam by Pope Francis to investigate the sexual abuse allegations against then-Archbishop Anthony Apuron. He did not ask to meet with me. There was no reason to.
Being a good investigator and the top lawyer in the Vatican, Burke only scheduled meetings with primary witnesses, persons with firsthand experiences and knowledge, such as the men who had personally accused Apuron of sexually molesting them in their teens, and former members of the archdiocesan finance council who were fired by Apuron for questioning his transfer of the Yona Property to the Neocats.
Though I did not have firsthand knowledge of the matters Cardinal Burke was investigating, I had something no one else did: THE WHOLE STORY. Because I was the "blogger," I had documented, cataloged, and memorialized, in writing, for the whole world to read, all the events which led to Burke's being sent to Guam.
I don't know if my testimony helped, but in the end, the Vatican, on the basis of Burke's investigation, found Apuron guilty, and, upon Apuron's appeal, he was found guilty again by the Pope himself.
My testimony to Cardinal Burke is a summary of all the events that led to the collapse of the Apuron regime. Forgive the necessary redactions.
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