DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM?

By Tim Rohr

To date, my post HOW DOES A NEOCAT PRIEST PERSONALLY GUARANTEE AN $800,000 LOAN?, posted on April 19, 2026, has received 547 views and 8 comments, including this one from Rodney:

RodneyApril 20, 2026 at 3:12 PM

Under Canon 285 §4, a priest is strictly forbidden from acting as a financial guarantor for a loan, without his Ordinary’s consultation. The Bishop’s refusal to address this violation suggests one of two things: either he authorized this breach of clerical discipline, or he is complicit in it.

Let's take a look at Canon 285 in full:

Can. 285 §1. Clerics are to refrain completely from all those things which are unbecoming to their state, according to the prescripts of particular law.

§2. Clerics are to avoid those things which, although not unbecoming, are nevertheless foreign to the clerical state.

§3. Clerics are forbidden to assume public offices which entail a participation in the exercise of civil power.

§4. Without the permission of their ordinary, they are not to take on the management of goods belonging to lay persons or secular offices which entail an obligation of rendering accounts. They are prohibited from giving surety even with their own goods without consultation with their proper ordinary. They also are to refrain from signing promissory notes, namely, those through which they assume an obligation to make payment on demand. - emphasis added.

Pursuant to the documents I set forth in HOW DOES A NEOCAT PRIEST...?, which linked to the original questions in QUESTIONS FOR THE ARCHBISHOP (714 views), Fr. Jose Alberto Rodriguez Salamanca (his full name) is a member of the Board of Guarantors for the Neocat corporation Rainan I Langet Foundation, Inc., which, at the time in 2021, owed $800,000 on a mortgage:

Pursuant to Canon 285 §4, "Clerics...are prohibited from giving surety even with their own goods without consultation with their proper ordinary." No canon lawyer is needed to interpret this. Bottom line is: if the bishop says it's okay, then it's okay, but if not, then it's a violation of church law, and the Ordinary, the bishop, is required to do something about it.

To be fair, Jimenez wasn't the Ordinary in 2021. However, he is the Ordinary now. And, as far as I know, there is no documentation showing that Salamanca has been removed from the Board of Guarantors. If the Neocats have such a document, they are welcome to provide it, and I'll happily publish it.  

Meanwhile, it would only take a single sentence from Archbishop Jimenez, newly elevated to the Vatican Dicastery for Communications, to say whether or not Salamanca is still a Guarantor or not. And, it's not like he doesn't have time to address it. 

Just yesterday, there was news that Jimenez gave a speech in some far-off town in Australia, telling his audience that Sinlaku was evidence of climate change and that "we need to really reflect and find our own little ways to save our common home."

If Jimenez can find time to fly off to Australia and talk about climate change, then he can find time to tell us about Salamanca. My bet is that he won't. 

Meanwhile, this isn't the first time Salamanca's name has been found attached to the nefarious inner workings of surreptitious Neocat operations. Salamanca is one of two Archdiocese of Agana officials who signed the infamous DECLARATION OF DEED RESTRICTION, conveying the mega-million-dollar Yona Property into the control of the Neocats. The other signature was Archbishop Apuron's.

LINK to full document

Just to be clear that we are talking about the same Fr. Jose Alberto Rodriguez Salamanca. Here is his full name as it appears today on the archdiocesan website:

As you may recall, the aforesaid DECLARATION, which bears Salamanca's signature, once we discovered it, was one of the major things that brought down the House of Apuron. I say "once we discovered it, because Apuron secretly executed it and recorded it in violation of canon law, which required the transfer of this mega-asset to first have the approval of the archdiocesan finance council.

This amazing story will make up a large part of my upcoming book, Orchestrated. In fact, I am in the middle of writing the chapter on this mess, which is why I came across Salamanca's name on the DECLARATION just now. 

The story of this secret conveyance of our Church's largest material asset is amazing. In January 2012, Apuron fired 4 of the 5 members of the archdiocesan finance council. He fired them because they wanted to discuss the "proposed" transfer of the Yona Property to RMS. I will tell you why I put "proposed" in quotes after I copy a portion of the news story about the firing:

Former AFC members Benavente, Untalan, Joseph Rivera, and Sister Mary Stephen Torres replied to the archbishop on Jan. 16, 2012, after receiving letters of termination on Jan. 11 the same year. The letter said they believe their termination was not due to the expiration of their fixed term that Apuron alluded to.

Apuron’s termination letter said the member’s term of appointment had expired and “that it is time for me to engage new members in the council.” Apuron’s letter cited the five­ year fixed term that each member is allotted.

However, one member, Sister Mary Stephen Torres, was one of the founding members of the AFC over 26 years ago, and all other members served for over five years prior to their termination.

In a letter to Balvo, Untalan explained that the former members then agreed that their expired terms could not be the reason for their termination. Instead, they concluded that their unanimous decision to deny the transfer, conveyance, or assignment of the title of Yoña property to the Redemptoris Mater Seminary led Apuron to terminate them from the council.

“There was no transition to break in the new members and no continuity with the past. It was quick, unexpected, sharp, abrupt, and startling,” Untalan wrote.

The property in question is currently under the name of the Guam archbishop and will be under the name of Apuron’s successors.

- Stole, J. (2014, Aug. 02) Finance council axed years ago for questioning Apuron. Marianas Variety 

Notice the date of the Letter of Termination to each of the terminated members of the finance council: January 11, 2012. Now notice the date stamped on the DECLARATION OF DEED RESTRICTION, the date the DECLARATION was recorded with the Department of Land Management:

LINK to full document

The date of the recording of the DECLARATION is November 22, 2011. The date Apuron fired the finance council is January 11, 2012. The finance council, other than Msgr. David C. Quitugua, a Neocat and a member of the finance council, was attempting to set up a meeting to discuss what they thought was still a PROPOSAL by Apuron to assign the property to RMS. 

Instead of saying, "Sorry guys, I already dun it. Too bad, so sad," Apuron tries to hide what he did by firing the people who were canonically constituted to review and approve or disapprove such a proposal. 

Just amazing. 

Ancient history, you say? Nope. Salamanca is still showing up. And just like he showed up in 2011 on the infamous DEED, he showed up again in 2021 as described above. He also showed up at the Easter Vigil in Asan, his parish, standing behind Luis Camacho, who took the stage, front and center. 

Do you see the problem? 

BTW, wasn't he the guy who moved the altar that fell through the floor at the Agat church?

CRASH, BANG, BOOM!

"The fallen floor appears limited to the newly raised altar area. DPW will perform more evaluations on the Agat Church to confirm it’s just the new add-on area and nothing more. It’s really too bad they didn’t leave Mount Carmel Church how it was for almost 70 years now. I’m sure those who did the latest work on the church had no idea. DPW and director Vince Arriola responded very fast." 

- Mike Phillips, Guam Daily Post, 'No sinkhole': Hågat church's altar, sanctuary collapse

Yes, it's "too bad they didn't leave Mount Carmel Church how it was for almost 70 years now." The question is: "Who is They?" And why is there a "newly raised altar area?" 

There is a newly raised altar area, an extension of the sanctuary actually, because the NCW "eucharists" require that the "brothers" sit around the "table." So apparently the NCW pastor, in order to accommodate NCW style "eucharists" extended the sanctuary, "the newly raised altar area" and then moved the main altar from the top of the three steps where it had been "for almost 70 years" down to the "newly raised altar area." 

And CRASH, BANG, BOOM!

Did Archbishop Byrnes authorize the extension of the sanctuary, i.e. "the newly raised altar area?" Did Archbishop Byrnes authorize the moving of the permanent altar? If so, then this is on Archbishop Byrnes. If not, then unfortunately this is still on Archbishop Byrnes. 

It's hard not to see the symbolism of this. And the message. 

PERHAPS JESUS SENT A MESSAGE

A new video of the damage at the Agat Church shows what really happened. The altar had been moved from the top of the three steps, where it been for decades, and was placed on the lower portion of the sanctuary. It's quite obvious from the size of the hole that the altar fell into that the lower portion was never properly constructed, but it was never intended to support the weight of what appears to be a fully concrete and/or stone altar, probably weighing a couple thousand pounds. 

If there was a proper engineering study performed prior to moving the altar then the company which conducted the study could be held accountable. But more than likely, given the entire rearrangement of the sanctuary under the present pastor, it was the pastor's decision to move the altar and that he did so without a proper engineering study nor permission from the Archbishop. 

If this is the case, then the pastor should be held personally accountable for the damage and required to pay for the repair. The people of Mt. Carmel Church and the Catholics of the Archdiocese of Agana in general have already suffered enough at the hands of negligent, careless, and sometimes willfully arrogant clergy. 

Note: Secular, i.e. Diocesan priests, which this pastor is, do not take a vow of poverty and are permitted to earn a salary and acquire material assets in their names. 

Further, it is quite clear that this pastor, a well-known "NCW priest," and in fact, the first priest ordained from the former Redemptoris Mater Seminary, had rearranged the sanctuary to accommodate NCW style services, i.e. placing the altar (they call it a table) and the lectern in the middle of their worship space. 

The video also shows that after removing the altar, which represents Christ, and placing "Christ" on the lower level, the pastor placed himself at the apex of the sanctuary where Christ once was. Perhaps, Jesus sent a message. 

MANY THANKS TO DIANA!

JoanneJanuary 4, 2018 at 2:08 PM

Tell me just one name who was "persecuted" by these guys. You cannot! Why? Because there is none! You are only making up threat, so that you can cowardly hide in darkness and spit out your "alternative" truth. 

DianaJanuary 4, 2018 at 2:34 PM

Dear Joanne, 

Zoltan was threatened with his job and intimidated when speaking during the public hearings at the Guam Legislature. An ethics complaint was launched against Jackie Terlaje. Deacon Tenorio is being accused of using donations for his personal use without any substantial evidence. Monsignor David was called to step down from his position only because he walks in the Way. Some parishioners in Yona signed a petition to keep the NCW away from their parish because they believed we are not Catholics. Some of the NCW kids are being bullied in school. A brother in a community related to me that his son who goes to a Catholic School was being bullied by fellow classmates when they learned that his son was walking in the Way. He instructed his son to turn the other cheek and to pray for his bullies. Personally, I would bring the matter up to the teacher and principal. This is only a sample. There is much more.

Yes, Diana continues to hide in the darkness. But that's okay. Without Diana's "darkness" the effort to oust the Kiko's never would have gone this far. Quite on her own, she kept the struggle alive with her "alternative truth."

Truly, there really was nothing for us to engage for quite a long time except for The Diana. She kept spouting things that eventually spurred the action that eventually took out Apuron and has now taken out the Kikos.

Here's a picture taken two days ago of the "sign," that once said

Redemptoris Mater Seminary.

Truly, we have much to thank The Diana for. In fact, as you know, lately we haven't had much to post about here at JungleWatch. So, many thanks to Diana. Truly :)

In fact, Diana's above litany of "persecutions" not only reminds us that the Kiko's aren't real Christians, since real Christians give thanks for persecutions, not COMPLAIN about them! But the little litany also gives us a chance to again trot out David's bastardization of a privileged office.

Out of the goodness of his heart, Archbishop Byrnes, personally appointed by Pope Francis to lead our diocese in the sordid absence of that Apuron guy, not only permitted David to be appointed to the Presbyteral Council, but went so far as to demonstrate good will and conciliation when he personally appointed David the "Vulnus" to the College of Consultors.

And what did David the Vulnus do? Almost immediately, he and three other warped Kiko-priests stabbed Byrnes in the back. First, let's reread what Byrnes said about it:

Full letter here. And here is the same termination letter to the other traitors: Rudy, Alberto, and Julio. All four of these traitors USED their positions as members of the Presbyteral Council to stab Archbishop Byrnes in the back:

And here is the letter the FOUR TRAITORS sent to the ArchKikoServant Filoni-Baloney:

PDF copy here.

Thank you, Diana. Truly. We could not have done this without you. :)

THE TRAITORS

http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/08/27/guam-archbishop-removes-4-advisers-tbd/588648001/

THE TRAITORS

ANTONIO PALACIOS: "FR. ALBERTO SHOUD BE REMOVED IMMEDIATELY"

Posted by Tim

As a parishioner of Agat, I remember the many months/years of planning and fundraisers that a small group did all on their own to rebuild the Santa Ana chapel. It is painful and sad to read Mr. Palacios' account of what Fr. Alberto has done with it. Another Neo finger to the face by a Neo-priest to the long-suffering faithful who built the churches of this island with blood, sweat, tears, work, sacrifice

and prayers.

NEO'S DECLARE WAR ON THE ARCHDIOCESE OF AGANA

On June 24 and July 14, 2014, Catholic Cemeteries issued, via two checks, an amount totaling $13,620.00 for the purpose of paying for the 20th Ordination Anniversary of Msgr. James Benavente, who was at the time also the Director of the Catholic Cemeteries. 

On July 31, 2014, that amount (and then some) was reimbursed in full by members of Msgr. James’ family, Jesse and Gabrielle Bamba. 

MEANWHILE, IN NEO-INFESTED AGAT

Posted by Tim

Obviously Alberto has to keep holy his holy day, Saturday, and push what is supposed to be the Saturday "Vigil" Mass up to a time which doesn't conflict with his sacred Neo-fake-Eucharist.