I SHALL PRAY FOR GUAM

It's been a few years since THE POPE'S EXORCIST hit the big screen, but it's worth reminding ourselves that there are bad guys among us and at least Russell Crowe is praying "for Guam." 😂 

GOOD NEWS!

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Good news! According to the 2024 abortion report - as compiled by the Department of Public Health and Social Services Bureau of Vital Statistics - no one identifying as Chamorro (the report uses this spelling) procured an abortion in 2024.

That’s good news because between 2008 - when The Esperansa Project began requesting the reports - and 2017, the last full year an established abortion practitioner practiced in Guam, women identifying their ethnicity as Chamorro accounted for 1,502 abortions - about 60% of the total.

After the last abortion doctor retired in 2018, no local doctors were willing to openly offer abortion services, so there wasn’t much data for a few years. However, that changed a couple years ago when two doctors in Hawaii got Guam medical licenses and now do chemical abortions via teleconference and mail-order abortion drugs.

A Freedom of Information Act request to Jayne Flores, Director of Bureau of Women’s Affairs, turned up documents demonstrating that Jayne (and presumably her boss) actively recruited the Hawaii physicians to abort Guam babies, and beyond that, to initiate a lawsuit against our own government with the help of the ACLU.

The two doctors are Shandhini Raidoo and Bliss Kaneshiro, and their services are advertised on our taxpayer funded Bureau of Women’s Affairs website. The medical practices of Raidoo and Kaneshiro are private businesses and they are getting free advertising thanks to Jayne and our tax dollars. What a deal!

Moving on.

The thrust of the suit from these two doctors was to get rid of Guam’s in-person counseling requirement for women seeking an abortion. The Guam District Court initially ruled in favor of Jayne and her abortion friends, however, the Ninth Circuit vacated the District Court ruling and upheld Guam law.

The short of it is that these doctors can oversee chemical abortions in Guam from Hawaii so long as women seeking abortions get the required local counseling first. According to the 2024 report there were 36 abortions in Guam but no information about who is providing the required in-person counseling.

Meanwhile, whoever is providing the counseling is very probably counseling local women to identify their ethnicity as “Pacific Islander” and not “Chamorro.” This appears to be the only explanation for how Chamorro abortions went from 60% of the total for at least a decade down to nothing, and Pacific Islander abortions, since 2017, jumped 625% and now account for 80% of the total.

The dramatic shift in the ethnic numbers appears to be a response to the increasing cries of “Chamorro genocide” by myself and others. What else can it be called? According to census numbers, Chamorros account for only 30% of Guam’s population, yet the abortion reports, at least up until the latest report, show Chamorros accounting for 60% of all abortions.  

So, the response to our cries of “Chamorro genocide” from the pro-aborts appears to have been “stop checking the Chamorro box and just check Pacific Islander.” And voila! No more abortions of Chamorro children.

This is rather sad and laughable given that the biggest public promoters of abortion are also the biggest public promoters of distinguishing the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro from the generic “Pacific Islander.”

Even the U.S. Census makes this distinction: “In 2020, Guam’s population was 153,836…The Chamorro population was the largest detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group.”

However, when it comes to abortion reporting, or at least now in 2024 and presumably going forward, suddenly the Chamorro is just a “Pacific Islander.”

Why do they want to hide? Didn’t our governor and culture warriors like Michael Bevacqua preach to us about how abortion was and is a venerable cultural practice and in fact a demonstration of a Chamorro woman’s “symbolic societal power?”

Quoting Bevacqua: “[W]omen in Guam were more than merely vessels for their communities—they were empowered to make decisions about their bodies and families…we see clear matrilineal/matrifocal dimensions, where lineage and symbolic societal power resides primarily with women…research has also found evidence dating back to the 18th century showing that women in Guam…have utilized a variety of methods to induce miscarriage or end their pregnancies, as well as to use birth control and other methods to control their fertility.”

Given that as of 2024 the number of abortions for Chamorro women was zero, women in Guam are apparently no longer interested in asserting “symbolic societal power” by exterminating their own offspring. They’re leaving that to the “Pacific Islanders.”

Tim Rohr has resided in Guam since 1987. He has raised a family of 11 children, owned several businesses, and is active in local issues via his blog, JungleWatch.info, letters to local publications, and occasional public appearances. He may be contacted at timrohr.guam@gmail.com     

WHY HIDE THE CHAMORU?

 

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Of the women, 81%, or 29 out of the 36 women, identified themselves as Pacific Islander.

O’Mallan, however, pointed out the report does not break down ethnicity further.

“How many of that are CHamoru and how many of that are outer island people? It’s not distinguished there. So, that’s one of our concerns,” she said.

MY NOTE: It's "interesting" who we want the CHamoru to NOT be lumped in with "the rest" of "Pacific Islanders" in just about everything, except for when we count abortions. Why hide? 

Governor Lou Leon Guerrero, her abortion lieutenant Jayne Flores, and columnist Michael Bevacqua have publicly bragged about how abortion has a special cultural heritage in CHamoru history. But now they're hiding it? Why? 

The previous abortion reports always distinguished the CHamoru as its own ethnicity, and reports showing the CHamoru as the leading procurer of abortion should make the above named people proud. Right?

In any event, we can solidly assume that the ratio is the same.

BTW. The U.S. Census distinguishes Chamorro (CHamoru) from other Pacific Islanders.

Demographic Characteristics

In 2020, Guam’s population was 153,836. The profile released today provides demographic characteristics about the population, including information on racial and ethnic composition.

• The Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population was the largest race group, with 70,809 people identifying as Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone. Overall, 83,368 people reported Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with another race group, such as Asian.
  • The Chamorro population was the largest detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group.
    • In 2020, 50,420 people identified as Chamorro alone with no additional detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group or race group.
    • In 2020, 63,035 people identified as Chamorro alone or in any combination with another detailed Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander group or race group, such as Pohnpeian or Asian.

COMMENT ON WHY THE NCW IS A CULT

The following is a comment posted on JW today on a post from 2017 titled TESTIMONY: WHY THE NCW IS A CULT. (The comment has been edited into paragraphs for easier reading.)

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "TESTIMONY: WHY THE NCW IS A CULT.":

I can attest and support this experience to be true and accurate. As well I was in the NCW for many years and faced many of the same challenges and issues on a different level. It is very secretive, a lot of psychological abuse targeting on younger individuals “the youth” especially those with difficult backgrounds “histories”: domestic violence, alcohol abuse, substance abuse, parental abuse, parent separation, psychological issues, low self esteem, unique backgrounds and pasts “the history”, and other aspects of human suffering to mold them into their own way of thinking. 

The NCW also has developed a weird European accent as well: fashion of dark clothes, growing the beards out, glasses like the creator of the NCW. As well a fond liking of Judaism such as speaking very fondly on occasion on the Jewish faith, wearing of the Jewish Star of David for jewelry, Which is contrary of Christianity and considered heresy to the Christian Faith and Doctrine. 

The NCW in my personal experience is very manipulative to controlling the family dynamics. Anyone who thinks or goes against the rules of the NCW is treated as an outsider and discarded. Their defense is also written in this person’s experience that they refer to the Bible of the person “Rejecting God” which is another heresy and misinterpretation of scripture and the teachings of Christ. 

The last and final point I’d like to make which in my defense is the most dangerous of all the things is that the NCW teaches that if you are not in the way you don’t love God because you don’t want to do “God’s Will” which “You Don’t have Faith”, and if you are not in “The Way” you will be lost. Which is the biggest mistake to say which can lead people astray from the true teachings of Jesus Christ, His Love, Mercy, and True Will for every person. And depending on the circumstances of the person could lead to their self destruction of their faith, their life, their loved ones, their future, and overall wellbeing. 

For someone to say this means all those who do not participate in the NCW is lost and therefore doomed. Therefore those who have been baptized and are not in the way are lost, meaning the Mission of the Son of God was a failure and a lie (Heresy) For the mission of Jesus Christ was to enter this World and to die for our sins so that there may be a hope that we may enter into Heaven through the teachings of Jesus. Rather than before to hell since before the resurrection and the death of Christ there was no chance of entering Heaven. 

Refer to the life of Christ in the New Testament (The Gospels). I encourage all who read this not to be filled with anger or to be quick to judgement but to consider what this individual is saying. I can tell you if you have any doubts or questions pray and ask for understanding because this individual speaks the truth. I pray whoever wrote this that the Lord helps you, guides you, and heals you with peace and understanding that this all was meant for a reason to educate others. God Bless. Remember Matthew chapter 7:15

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NOTE: The picture at the top of this post is taken from an article titled THE MISUSE OF JEWISH SYMBOLS

COMING UP

 

ABORTION REPORT-GUAM: 2024

Copied from the website of the Guam Pro-Life Committee:

The Guam Catholic Pro-Life Committee has recently obtained the “2024 Abortion Report” from the Bureau of Vital Statistics of Guam’s Department of Public Health and Social Services. Guam law (10 GCA 3218) requires abortion providers to submit basic information about abortions committed on Guam to the government and for the government to produce and make available an annual report of those records.

Here is a summary:

• 36 chemical abortions were reported. All were voluntary, none were done “therapeutic”.
• All were performed by prescriptions issued by the Queen’s University Medical Group in Hawaii.
• In all cases the gestational age of the fetus was 11 weeks or younger.
• 29 out of the 36 mothers (81%) identified themselves as “Pacific Islander”.
• 26 of the 36 mothers (72%) were 23 years of age or older. 1 out the 36 mothers (3%) was a minor.
• 24 of the 36 mothers (67%) had previous pregnancies.
• 22 of the 36 (61%) mothers had other living children.
• 19 of the 36 mothers (53%) were married.
• 17 of the 36 mothers (47%) had a college degree or some college education.

One or more of the following is more likely than not to be true about a mother pursuing abortion on Guam: she is older than 23, married, was pregnant before or has other living children. Nearly half of the mothers had at least some college education.

Here is the report that you may download and view: 

APURON TRIAL:UPDATE

From the Minutes of Status Conference on Feb. 13, 2025.

PROCEEDINGS: Status Conference

 Parties informed the court that they reached an agreement for the deposition dates of off-island deponents which will be scheduled March 24-28, 2025, and March 31 through April 4, 2025. Parties agreed to do a check-in with Magistrate Judge Bordallo during the deposition days at 8:00 AM (ChST) with regard to any objections or discovery issues.

 Parties agreed to and requested for an extension for defendant to respond to request for admissions and interrogatories to February 21, 2025, and to extend the discovery motions deadline to April 30, 2025.

 Ms. Lujan Wolff to disclose to Ms. Terlaje the compensation agreement of her clients and to redact any other names other than her client. Ms. Terlaje to provide the names and contact information for defendant's canon lawyers to Ms. Lujan Wolff. Counsel shall exchange information by 12 noon on February 19, 2025.

 Court to issue order setting a further hearing date and deadlines. 

BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY

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Unlike Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Year, and the Fourth of July, all of which have identifiable origins, Valentine’s Day (like Halloween) is a holiday for no apparent reason.

Sure, there is evidence that St. Valentine was a real person who was martyred near the end of the 3rd Century. However, the Catholic Church has many saints and, but for St. Patrick, there is no secular holiday for them like there is for St. Valentine.

There is speculation that Valentine became associated with love and marriage because he was executed for secretly marrying Christian couples. And the phrase “from your Valentine” is said to have come from a note Valentine had written on the day of his execution to his jailer’s blind daughter whom he had healed.

No matter the origin of the holiday or the legend, February 14, which in 496, is the day Pope Gelasius declared as the day Valentine was martyred, has become the day we particularly celebrate “love and marriage.”

Today we take for granted that love and marriage go together, and in that order. But history doesn’t reflect this. Historically, marriage and children went together and love came later, if at all.

I am reminded of the lovely song in Fiddler on the Roof where Tevye asks Golde: “Do you love me?” Over the following verses, Golde avoids answering, saying (singing) that for 25 years “I washed your clothes, cooked your meals, cleaned your house, given you children, milked your cow…”

But Tevye insists: “But do you love me?” Finally Golde relents and responds “After 25 years…I suppose I do.” Then the two end in a sweet duet singing: “It doesn't change a thing, but even so. After twenty-five years…it’s nice to know.”

For most of history (and still in some parts of the world), marriage was about the survival of our species, not love. Our laws still reflect this reality.

A few years ago when Guam’s marriage laws were being challenged on the basis of “love is love” and we should be able to marry whomever we love, I did a study of the marriage laws in every U.S. state and territory, and the word “love” did not appear.

Here’s the relevant part of Guam’s law:

10 GCA § 3101. What Constitutes Marriage. Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable of making that contract is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization authorized by this Title.

10 GCA § 3206. Particular Form Not Necessary. No particular form for the ceremony of marriage is required, but the parties must declare in the presence of the person solemnizing the marriage that they take each other as husband and wife, or as spouses.

The phrase “or as spouses” was added after the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage, but still no mention of “love.” So much for the argument “love is love.”

Even the famous case, Loving v Virginia, which formed much of the basis for the argument for same-sex marriage, never mentions “love.” (The plaintiffs’ name notwithstanding.)

The Lovings were a biracial couple who were denied married status in Virginia in 1967. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage between two people of different races could not be denied because marriage “is a basic civil right of man fundamental to our existence and survival.”

The Court did not spell out what “survival” meant because it was referencing a precedent case, Skinner v Oklahoma, wherein the Court spelled it out: “We are dealing here with legislation which involves one of the basic civil rights of man. Marriage and procreation are fundamental to the very existence and survival of the race.”

Of course this is a reflection of what God himself says to Adam and Eve in Genesis 1: 28. Upon creating them “male and female,” God doesn’t say “go and love each other.” Instead he orders them to “be fruitful and multiply.”

So where does love come in?

It really didn't enter marriage until the advent of Christianity. Prior to Paul telling men to love their wives “as Christ loves the Church” (Eph. 5:25), a wife was nothing more than a man’s property.

So it is fitting that a day dedicated to “love and marriage” is founded on a Christian martyr, a Catholic saint, who lost his head for marrying Christian couples, even if it's only a legend.

Happy Valentine's Day. Be fruitful and multiply. 

Tim Rohr has resided in Guam since 1987. He has raised a family of 11 children, owned several businesses, and is active in local issues via his blog, JungleWatch.info, letters to local publications, and occasional public appearances. He may be contacted at timrohr.guam@gmail.com     

TOP VIEWS LAST SEVEN DAYS

 

SURROGACY: "A STEW OF CORRUPTION AND EXPLOITATION"

"Already surrogacy has led to incredibly corrupt and perverse practices. Also this week, perhaps too late for The Economist to take into account, Thai police and Interpol uncovered a human-eggharvesting scheme which kept three young Thai women in virtual slavery."

READ ON 

GET YOUR ABORTIONS HERE!

As posted on the website of the Bureau of Women's Affairs, Government of Guam. 

It's what you're paying for. It's what you voted for. Twice.

The need for children is great, says The Economist: “According to one study published in 2006, there were around 1m parents in America who wanted to adopt a child, yet only 51,000 children were placed with agencies for adoption each year.” That’s obviously because about 950,000 American babies are aborted each year. If none of them had been aborted, perhaps all those parents would have been able to adopt a child. - SOURCE

 

WAITING TO BE DEPOSED

By Tim Rohr

With the recent news about the District Court Judge putting the squeeze on the attorneys involved with Apuron's personal case to "get this done," I am looking forward to a subpoena that I will probably never get. 

If anyone should be deposed in this case it should be me, since - per Apuron and his Neocat troops - I am the leader of the conspiracy that took him down:

Apuron said this climate, "shown by the local media, which hampered the work of the court of first instance, testifies to the presence of a pressure group that plotted to destroy me, and which has made itself clearly known even to authorities in Rome." - USA TODAY, April 4, 2019

"God is my witness; I am innocent and I look forward to proving my innocence in the appeals process," the statement read. - CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY, August 28, 2018

The church meanwhile is also accusing Martinez of being part of a conspiracy or the "Rohr Group" to topple the archbishop. (KUAM, June 3, 2016. Also see Apuron's press releases here and here.)

In 2012, a blog called “Jungle Watch” was created online, attacking Archbishop Apuron and the Neocatechumenal Way, accusing them of manipulating the prelate and “colonizing” the entire Agaña diocese. The site is managed by Tim Rohr, a real estate agent employed by Msgr. Benavente and involved in the projected sale of the seminary. - La Stampa. Sep. 21, 2017 

The above is only a fraction of the number of accusations that were hurled at me by everyone from The Diana to La Stampa. 

The plan, of course, was to vilify and discredit me in order to exonerate Apuron. Well, now's their chance. I stand ready to be deposed. Meanwhile, the lawyers can read everything I know right here on this blog and especially summarized in detail in two series: ORCHESTRATED and HIGH DRAMA IN THE AOA.  

Let's do this, DIANA. Call Jackie and "Let's get this done." 

 

JUDGE: "LET'S GET THIS DONE!"

 Judge firm on former archbishop Apuron's September trial in Guam clergy sex abuse cases

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood is firm on a September trial of former archbishop Anthony Apuron in a handful of clergy sexual abuse cases and a defamation suit, even as the dates of depositions tentatively planned in Las Vegas have yet to be finalized. CONTINUED

WHY IS A LAY PERSON DOING THIS...

....at Bishop Baumgartner Memorial School, Guam? Who is responsible?

Feb. 11, 2025. The following is Tim Rohr's response to some questions that have come up in the comments. 

Lay persons are permitted to assist with the distribution of Holy Communion, however, even this permission is subject to the following:

“Extraordinary ministers may distribute Holy Communion at eucharistic celebrations only when there are no ordained ministers present or when those ordained ministers present at a liturgical celebration are truly unable to distribute Holy Communion.They may also exercise this function at eucharistic celebrations where there are particularly large numbers of the faithful and which would be excessively prolonged because of an insufficient number of ordained ministers to distribute Holy Communion”

ON CERTAIN QUESTIONS REGARDING THE COLLABORATION OF THE NON-ORDAINED FAITHFUL IN THE SACRED MINISTRY OF PRIEST

https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cclergy/documents/rc_con_interdic_doc_15081997_en.html

To emphasize that the Extraordinary minister is truly “extra” and not “ordinary,” the same document goes on to warn against “ the habitual use of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at Mass thus arbitrarily extending the concept of ‘a great number of the faithful’”.

In the above incident, a lay person is not assisting with the distribution of Holy Communion, but processing with the Holy Eucharist and apparently leading a liturgical function. Moreover, he is dressed in the vestments of a priest when he is not a priest - which is no more allowed than to dress as policeman when you’re not a policeman. 

However, the real issue is not the actor in the video but those who permitted this at what appears to be a school function. On a larger scale, the real problem is the abuse of the permit for extraordinary ministers who are employed at seemingly every Mass even when there are not a “great number of the faithful” and ordinary ministers (priests and deacons) are readily available to help. This is wrong. 

 

EXPEDITE DIVORCE CASES INVOLVING MINOR CHILDREN

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In 1997, Guam enacted a law authorizing no-fault divorce (P.L. 24-134). The legislative intent was “to reduce the pains that such turbulence causes in the lives of our people, especially our children.” In other words, if we let couples divorce more easily then we will have less conflict and healthier children.

The opposite has happened. Just read the news. Busted families and damaged children abound, with much of the burden falling to schools and teachers to try to put children back together again before they are able to teach them anything.

While I can’t prove causation, there is at least a demonstrable correlation between the rate of family fragmentation and the increasing number of children diagnosed with an ever widening array of dysfunctional behaviors and developmental disorders.

Since the legislature is never going to rescind the sacred cow of no-fault divorce (aka “irreconcilable differences”), there is something the legislature can and should do to address at least part of the fallout: expedite divorce cases involving minor children.

Right now, the only thing expedited is child support - wherein one parent is forced to pay the other simply because “the other” has the kids.

Because our society assumes that Mommy has the kids because Daddy left, our system has no problem immediately punishing Daddy. However, statistics from Divorce.com show that women initiate 69% of divorces, and in cases where a parent makes off with the children, MissingKids.com says that “mothers are the most common abductors.”

Contrary to common opinion, stealing your own children is not a crime if there is no custody order. A parent can simply pack up the children, abandon the marriage, file for divorce, and hold the children hostage.

Once divorce is filed, the child support law is mobilized and the parent without the kids is forced to pay the parent with the kids regardless of why the other parent has the kids in the first place.

The abandoned parent can fight to get his or her kids back, but that fight - usually an expensive one - is fought in the divorce court, not the child support court. And because the divorce is not expedited (as is child support), it can take months or even years for final custody to be determined.

It is ironic that among the stated purposes of our current Child Support Guidelines there is this:

“To eliminate the animosity associated with financial incentives to take sole custody of children (and) to prevent the Guidelines from being misconstrued as an income redistribution tool.”

It’s ironic because this is precisely what the Guidelines inadvertently encourage. Because the law immediately penalizes the abandoned parent and rewards the abandoning/"kidnapping" parent before any fault is determined, there exists the incentive for the abandoning parent to financially punish the abandoned parent so that he/she runs out of money and is unable to pursue the actual case.

Add to this the constant pressure by both attorneys and the courts to “settle,” and the abandoned parent is on a fast track to giving up - which is usually what the abandoning parent wants.

We already have a law on the books which mandates the best possible legal recourse in such sad situations. 19GCA§8404 requires “that children spend as much time with each of their parents as possible, when the parents are not living together.”

However, we first have to get into court to get the order, and as already mentioned, this can take a long time - precious time for a child whose psyche is being damaged by the day.

To make things even worse for an already traumatized child, in cases of parental “kidnapping,” there is usually also the manipulation of the child by the “kidnapper” parent to despise or even forget the other parent - otherwise known as “parental alienation.”

This happens, as one expert says, “when a parent hates the other parent more than he or she loves the child.” The more time the alienating parent has to do this, the more the child will be alienated from the abandoned parent, and, given the aforementioned correlation, the child becomes increasingly prone to developing dysfunctional behaviors and developmental disorders.

In “the best interest of the child” - a judicial mantra, the only way forward at this point, given the irreversible damage permitted by our divorce laws, is to expedite divorce cases involving minor children so that the child - as the law already requires - “can spend as much time with each parent as possible” - and as soon as possible.

Tim Rohr has resided in Guam since 1987. He has raised a family of 11 children, owned several businesses, and is active in local issues via his blog, JungleWatch.info, letters to local publications, and occasional public appearances. He may be contacted at timrohr.guam@gmail.com     

GUILTY OF DELICTS AGAINST THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT WITH MINORS

By Tim Rohr

I'm sure Apuron - wherever he is - would like to tell The Diana to "JUST SHUT UP" because she (if it's a she) is the only one keeping Apuron's name in play - giving us at JW something to talk about and to keep our millions of views going (which average 1/4 to 1/2 million per month).

In a Jan. 18, 2025 post, "Responding to Anonymous," The Diana attempts - once again - to declare Apuron innocent of child sex abuse charges, stating:

"The Vatican never specified the offense Apuron was found guilty of." 

The Diana's argument is based on the nebulously worded Vatican verdict of March 16, 2018 which stated that the Vatican had found "the accused guilty of certain of the accusations."

The Diana and the Kiko-ites have hung on to this as proof that Apuron was not found guilty of sexually abusing minors:

"...the Vatcan press release never listed those "other accusations" nor did they specified (sic) what offenses they found him guilty of. As many canon lawyers pointed out, the offense could not be child sexual abuse because Apuron still retained his title as Bishop. Other bishops, such as Cardinal McCarrick, who was found guilty of child sexual abuse, were laicized."

This may have flown for awhile, but Apuron sunk himself when he appealed because the Vatican decision denying his appeal made it very clear what he was found guilty of:

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P.S. Dear Diana. You're welcome. 

IF DID NOTHING WRONG, THEN WHY DID HE RUN?

By Tim Rohr

The Diana has a new post titled THE TRUTH ABOUT CCOG (Concerned Catholics of Guam). It's been nearly seven years and two archbishops since Pope Francis removed Apuron and banned him from Guam, so why is The Diana posting about this now?

There are lots of reasons, but it probably has nothing to do with love for Apuron. Apuron's removal was a black eye for Kiko and his Klan, so it's probably more about fixing that black eye so the NCW can reinsert itself back into Guam as well as continue its expansion around the world.  

The Diana, as usual, does a lot of jumping to conclusions by trying to connect very distant dots. Ultimately, her story is the same: Apuron was framed by Tim Rohr and the CCOG, blah, blah, blah... Supposedly we did this to cash in on a Chinese casino, or massive real estate deals, or whatever. 

Well seven years later and I have yet to realize a single cent and no one from the CCOG has either. So much for that theory. 

Despite The Diana's best efforts to resurrect Apuron and "untarnish" him, the bottom line is that Apuron ran away after one - just one - accuser came forward: Roy Quintanilla in May 2016. Apuron was on a plane to Rome the very next day and never returned. 

If he had done nothing wrong then why did he run? He pronounced himself guilty when he did that. 

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NOTE: By they way, the article from the Catholic News Agency where I pulled the above picture refers to Apuron as "Emeritus Archbishop..." Hmmmm. 

Vatican City, Apr 4, 2019 / 10:01 am

Emeritus Archbishop Anthony Apuron of Agaña said Thursday that despite the failure of his appeal and the confirmation of a conviction against him, he is innocent of sexual abuse against minors.

YOU GOTTA STAY AT THE PARTY

By Tim Rohr

This will be a little different post than the JW usual. In fact, I should post it over at my other "Catholic" blog. Nevertheless, I'll post it here since this blog has a higher readership and this view may help someone that isn't necessarily looking for a "religious" perspective.

This past Sunday's gospel reading was the familiar "Wedding at Cana" whereat Jesus performs his first miracle. I'll copy the reading in full before sharing my thoughts:

Gospel. John 2:1-11

There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,

and the mother of Jesus was there.

Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.

When the wine ran short,

the mother of Jesus said to him,

“They have no wine.”

And Jesus said to her,

“Woman, how does your concern affect me?

My hour has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servers,

“Do whatever he tells you.”

Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings,

each holding twenty to thirty gallons.

Jesus told them,

“Fill the jars with water.”

So they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them,

“Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.”

So they took it. 

And when the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine,

without knowing where it came from

— although the servers who had drawn the water knew —,

the headwaiter called the bridegroom and said to him,

“Everyone serves good wine first,

and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one;

but you have kept the good wine until now.”

Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana in Galilee

and so revealed his glory,

and his disciples began to believe in him. 

The usual sermon following this Gospel usually revolves around the unique roll of the Blessed Mother - even getting God the Son to do something he didn't want to do. In fact, it could be said she got him to do something that he wasn't supposed to do: "My hour has not yet come." 

Much can be said about this Gospel passage and much usually is. I particularly like this Gospel because it says so much about who the Blessed Mother is and what she can do for us poor creatures.

It was a few years ago when I suppose I finally matured enough to see something in this story that I've never heard before, and it's sort of a shame that we don't hear something said about this.

The key verse is when the headwaiter says to the groom: “Everyone serves good wine first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

Of course, neither the headwaiter nor the groom knew at first what really happened, though I suppose later everyone found out because the gospel goes on to say "and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to believe in him."

As is usually the case, a single scripture passage or an account like this one can hold many meanings, and the great meaning for me is "you gotta stay at the party." 

When the wine ran out, probably some people left. There was obviously a disturbance in the party because the Blessed Mother was troubled enough to go to Jesus to fix the problem. And for those who stayed at the party, well, they got the best wine.

So, in short, and this is nothing new, God saves the best for last - for those who "endure to the end" as St. Paul tells us. And since this miracle occurs at a wedding, I believe it is a special message about marriage: endure to the end because God saves the best for last - for those who endure to the end. 

Stay at the party - even after the wine runs out. 

HANDLING ESTRANGEMENT

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In my previous column, I addressed what a Time magazine article calls the “epidemic of estrangement.” According to the article, one in two Americans is estranged from a close relative with estrangement usually occurring between a parent and an adult child.

I shared how I had personally experienced estrangement with multiple adult children and promised to share how I dealt with it.

At first, I didn’t. I was in shock. Without getting into personal details, I’ll just say it was sudden and incomprehensible. There was no fight, no disagreement. After many years of a normal and mostly warm parent-child relationship, there was a sudden “I never want to see you again.” And then I was blocked, cancelled, erased. It’s been nearly eight years.

A couple of my daughters actually did their “I never want to see you again” message on social media and included some pretty terrible accusations. As horrible as this was at the time, it turned out to be helpful.

Friends who saw those postings - even though they were as shocked and saddened as I was - reached out to me. One of those friends was a social worker who recognized the elements of the associated phenomenon of “parental alienation.”

I say “associated” because alienation and estrangement are two different things. Alienation is the manipulation of a child (adult or not) by one parent to turn on the other, whereas estrangement is the adult child (or other relative) acting on his or her own. In either case, the end is the same: the sudden and baseless isolation and estrangement of the “target,” who is usually a loving parent.

Thanks to the article that my social worker friend sent me, I quickly recognized that I was not alone. Understanding you are not alone is probably the most important thing since the sudden shock of being cut off, cancelled, and erased by a loved one can lead to a most intense loneliness that can quickly descend into self-harm.

So that’s one of the reasons I am writing this column: to let you - if you have experienced this - know that you are not alone.

In my case, the shock was exponentially intensified by my daughters trashing me on social media, and later, some very hurtful accusations filed in court which the local media picked up and blasted all over the news for nearly a week in May 2018.

It is coincidental (?) that all this happened just weeks after the Vatican had found then-Archbishop Apuron “guilty of “sexual abuse of minors,” a matter in which “Tim Rohr and his associates” (Apuron’s words) had played a "conspiratorial" role. But said “coincidence” is a topic for another column.  

Through it all, though, I was surrounded and supported by people who had known me for many of the thirty years I and my family had thus far lived in Guam.

Part of this support was a result of my own action and I would recommend you do this. I immediately contacted friends and neighbors and calmly assured them that the accusations were false. The fact that I didn’t hide or run away had much to do with my own self-confidence and also brought relief to those who wanted to have confidence in me.

It helped that I had no history of being or acting anything like what I was being accused of, so, as the saying goes: “don’t do in the dark what you wouldn’t do in the light.” You never know when you are going to need your “history.”

So, establishing support is number one. The second thing is educate yourself. Starting with the article my friend sent me, I soon found ever more information and support in every possible format - especially on YouTube where I heard the stories of other parents who could have been telling my exact same story.

The third thing - and this was hard - was for me to go “all business” - to see the whole affair objectively and to deal with my accusers as accusers and not loved ones. In a way, the absurdity and falsity of their accusations helped. They left me no hope of reconciliation, and it’s the false hope of reconciliation that keeps you paralyzed and leads to self-harm.

Lastly - and I’ll have more to say about this in another column - was understanding that once my children reached age 18 I had no right to them. My job was done. So I forgave them, gave them back to God, and moved on. I recommend you do the same.

Tim Rohr has resided in Guam since 1987. He has raised a family of 11 children, owned several businesses, and is active in local issues via his blog, JungleWatch.info, letters to local publications, and occasional public appearances. He may be contacted at timrohr.guam@gmail.com    

 

LET'S GET HIM OUT OF OUR DIRECTORY AND OFF OUR PAYROLL

By Tim Rohr

In HE CAN START WITH THIS, we see that "our" Msgr. David C. Quitugua occupies the position of Parochial Administrator at Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Darby, Pennsylvania. According to a post in Catholic Straight Answers:

When a parish is “vacant,” meaning that the pastor has retired, been transferred to another assignment, or is incapable of exercising his duties as a pastor, the bishop must appoint as soon as possible a parochial administrator.  In general, an administrator has the same duties and scope of authority as a pastor; however, these may be limited by the bishop.  The bishop in time may decide to appoint the administrator as the pastor.

Now, it seems rather odd, at least to me, that a priest, not incardinated in a diocese, and supposedly "on mission" - as all of these neocat presbyters are said to be, would be appointed to a position which is equivalent to a pastor. Doesn't the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have any of its own priests? 

As usual, whenever things don't add up, we must always expect neocat shenanigans, especially when it comes to sheltering and even hiding major kikocats from Guam like Quitugua. 

Another strange thing is if Quitugua is the Parochial Administrator - the pastor in everything but the name - why isn't he living at the parish so he can be available to his parishioners? Surely the parish - which has such a fine church - must have a rectory.

From the posted info, it appears Quitugua resides - like he did here in Guam - at the Redemptoris Mater Seminary, which has a different address in a different city than the parish. 

One may wonder how Quitugua ended up in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, like Boston (under Cardinal Sean O'Malley), is another neo-friendly diocese due to its once being headed by Archbishop Charles Chaput, which is how the RMS got established there to begin with. 

One wonders what is it with these Capuchins and the Neo's. 

Meanwhile, back in Guam, if Quitugua has risen to the level of what is functionally a pastor in another diocese, lets' get him out of our directory and off our payroll. The Catholics of Guam have already paid enough for the mess he left us. 

HE CAN START WITH THIS

By Tim Rohr

One of the things the new archbishop needs to address and address quickly is where are all the priests whose names appear in our clergy directory and who are not here. And some haven't been here for a long time. 

One of those priests is Msgr. David C. Quitugua, who apparently transferred himself from rector of the now closed RMS in Guam to an RMS in Philadelphia.

Meanwhile, he is still listed as a priest of the Archdiocese of Agana.

We don't know if he is still on our payroll. That's something the archbishop needs to clarify. But even if he isn't, he is still incardinated in this archdiocese which means we are liable for him.

In September I did a post titled WHERE ARE THESE PRIESTS AND WHY ARE WE PAYING THEM. Six priests, including the aforesaid Monsignor are "Guam" priests but absent from Guam. 

If they want to live and minister someplace else, then fine, let's get them excardinated so their new bishop can incardinate them. 

The fact that this hasn't happened though - even after several years - is telling. Maybe these other bishops don't want them. 

I wonder why?

In any event, in the spirit of the transparency that the new Archbishop Ryan Jimenez promised us, he can start with this. 

By the way, here's a nice little slide show of the Monsignor celebrating his 40th ordination anniversary. And that reminds me. The Umatuna and Archdiocese Facebook pages have been very active in publishing congratulatory posts for the ordination anniversaries of all the priests, but not the Monsignor's, whose anniversary was January 7. 

 

THE CHARMER, THE MANIPULATOR, AND THE CORRUPTOR

 posted by Frenchie

Unlike in the famous 1970s spaghetti western movie : " The Good, The Bad and the Ugly" these are not different individuals, but rather one single person with multiple sets of skills. (or sins).

If you recently read Junglewatch, the last two articles are concerning this individual, namely Father Harold Colorado Prieto.

But this is not entirely surprising. During the year 2024 Fr Harold, aka Boboboy (from his days of close association with the disgraced Apuron) has ably engaged in a campaign of de-diabolization, to make us forget his dubious past and redraw a new, more appetizing image. This is his "Charmer" facet. After months of disappearance from the Archdiocese of Agana, when he continued to be the willing man servant of Apuron, Harold reappeared when Archbishop Byrnes attempted to lay down the law for the NCW "Presbyters" as they like to be called, back until about 2017, at least here.

The Charmer

The then Vicar General, Fr Richards and Fr Harold, along with several other "presbyters" were assigned to St Anthony/ St Victor, which had been an accommodating shelter for the NCW, without being too obvious. This is where and when Harold initiated his charming offensive, which continues until now. Using his latino charisma and charming (but deceiving) ways, he embarked in a patient and long campaign to reshuffle his image. Blatantly wooing parishioners and fellow priests, in often inappropriate ways, and making headways. One can remember Troy Torres on his blog defending this "sexy man" who was discriminated without reason. This was probably the most blatant example of confusion of the faithful. The plan was obviously working.

The Manipulator

You have to admit that Harold puts a lot of efforts in his mission. He never turns down a request, and is always ready to "help". The most recent example, but certainly not the only one, being his willingness to be the speaker at the upcoming March for life. Harold has also been spotted with our new Archbishop in non clerical social outings where he voluntary is advancing his services. While the string is pretty thick for those of us accustomed to the NCW bait and switch tactics, it does not seem to be obvious to less aware persons who end up being manipulated into situations they do not fully grasp. There is no tit for tat at the beginning, just an exchange of favors between nice people, who appear to be on the same wavelength. Little does the mark know that he or she is the target of a scam.

The corruptor

Some of us remember clearly the compromising situations of Apuron and Harold. Few have connected the dots, where Harold is not beyond taking advantage of a moment of weakness,  an awkward incident, or an embarrassing situation. But like his predecessor the putrid Pius he is an expert at capitalizing and weaponizing such opportunity. This is probably the reason he was sent back to us, as the agent of Genarrini on Guam. The New Jersey gang has shown in the past how adept they are at this kind of game.

It is very sad to note the lack of memory people generally have about what happened less than 10 years ago. If we do not learn our lessons from the past, we shall be condemned to relive them. Lets arm ourselves with this knowledge, and lets not fall for the same traps all over again. This latest incident with the March for life is a perfect example of a well meaning person being out maneuvered by a sly operator.

 Harold has been put in charge of the NCW stronghold of Agat, and he is now more dangerous than ever. This is a perfect storm, with a new Archbishop still unsure whom to trust, a bunch of cliques within the clergy, Harold the dangerous operator, and a transition for a new Vicar General.

Catholics on Guam should beware.

CCOG PRESIDENT OPPOSES CHOICE OF CPLC SPEAKER

By Tim Rohr

Concerned Catholics of Guam President David Sablan has written a letter opposing the choice of Fr. Harold Colorado Prieto by the Catholic ProLife Committee as the main speaker at this Friday's March for Life.

LETTER: Major concern with regard to the March for Life event on Friday

Pacific Daily News, Jan. 15, 2025
By David J. Sablan

https://www.guampdn.com/opinion/letter-major-concern-with-regard-to-the-march-for-life-event-on-friday/article_fd8db9d0-d2ee-11ef-a531-0f1e05b122eb.html

Guam Daily Post, Jan. 15, 2025

By David J. Sablan

https://www.postguam.com/forum/letter_to_the_editor/major-concern-regarding-the-march-for-life-event/article_f838f2e8-d2f2-11ef-9fb7-fb9c1d351648.html

There is a March for Life procession and rally this Friday starting in front of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral Basilica in Hagåtña. The event participants want to show strong support for life, specifically for unborn babies.

The primary objective of the Guam Catholic Pro-Life Committee is to rally our support for the unborn children developing in the wombs of their mothers. Aborting babies is evil. The unborn are children of God and are entitled to life, a gift from God, our Creator.

When I read the announcement of this March for Life event, it listed Father Harold Prieto as its main speaker at the rally. Probably for many, he is just another member of the clergy. Many probably do not know who he is.

I questioned the organizer of the event how and why was he chosen to speak at the event? The response did not satisfy me. With other leaders of our clergy, or lay persons who could speak with authority, knowledge, and influence on the subject of abortion vs. life of a baby in the womb, I was shocked that Fr. Harold Prieto was asked to speak at this important event.

If there is one member of the clergy who can be identified as probably the closest ally to the now-disgraced, demoted, and permanently exiled from Guam, former Archbishop of Agana, Anthony Apuron, it is Harold Colorado Prieto.

Apuron was found guilty by a Vatican tribunal for "certain accusations" relating to allegations of sexual abuse of minors. Apuron was stripped of his title of archbishop of Agana and exiled forever from Guam. He can never return.

This was a major scandal that hung over Guam like a dark cloud for several years till justice was finally served for the people of Guam. Pope Francis further decreed that Apuron could not appeal his conviction and sentence.

Harold Prieto was Apuron's right hand man and one of his fiercest defenders.

Why is the Pro-Life Committee giving him a platform to present himself as someone who has authority, knowledge, and influence to rally support for the Pro­ Life cause?

The other disturbing fact is, Harold Prieto is part of the Neocatechumenal Way, NCW, which has been trying to resurrect their reputation from the Apuron scandal.

The NCW organization on Guam started to exert their power because of their support from Apuron, only to be brought down with Apuron when he was exposed of corruption and certain accusations relating to sexual abuse of minors.

Harold Prieto is a priest. If he had any ounce of humility and concern for the feelings of those hurt by Apuron's scandal, which still is haunting us as we financially settle with the victims of Apuron and other individuals abused by other members of the clergy, he should have not accepted to be the main speaker at this event.

Concerned Catholics of Guam, Inc. is working to remove the Neocatechumenal Way organization from Guam and the region. Their methods of conversion and teachings are not in line with scripture, the magisterium and traditions of our Catholic Church.

David J. Sablan is the president of Concerned Catholics of Guam, Inc. 

My Note

From the feedback I've received, it appears the real concern about Fr. Harold isn't his horrible record from the Apuron years but, in the words of one commenter: "his usual nonchalant, unprepared homilies and delivery may actually offend the non-Catholic participants," and "He's going to be too hip, trying to cater to the youth that may actually be offensive to the adult non-Catholic attendees."

Given that this is the main Catholic ProLife event of the year, one wonders why the new archbishop has to be off-island (again) at this time. It would have been a perfect opportunity for him to show leadership on this issue which, given the number of abortions procured by local Catholics and the current governor's abortion militancy, is, next to the scandal Apuron left us, the biggest scandal in Guam's Catholic Church. 

Again, given the prominence of this event and the archbishop's absence, speaking duties should have fallen to the Vicar General, Fr. Romeo Convocar, or, next in line,  Msgr. Ruben Espeno who is the Spiritual Director for the Catholic Pro-Life Committee. But these two either declined to speak or were not invited to. 

Meanwhile, given that this is a public event and not specifically Catholic, it would probably have been advisable to have a layperson speak, especially a layperson more intimately involved with the ProLife cause. 

In any event, Mr. Sablan's points are well taken and given how Harold is directly connected to the events that led to the bankruptcy of this archdiocese, in my view, Harold's selection to speak at this event is certainly ill-advised if not a slap in the face to those of us who paid a heavy price to expose the evil that Harold was defending.