NOTE TO BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN: CALL GIUSEPPE.

TO: Camillo Ballin, Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia
FR: Archdiocese of Agana
RE: Return of Lickin' Louie

Dear Bishop Ballin:

WHERE OR WHERE IS FR. LUIS - AND BISHOP "THE CROOK" BALLIN

Posted by Tim

This is our first in a series of posts which will provide information to Bishop Byrnes. DOCUMENTED INFORMATION!

One of the first issues Bishop Byrnes will have to deal with is missing priests. This is a big no-no for the Vatican. The Archdiocese of Agana has a lot of missing priests, the most infamous of which is the intrepid Fr. Luis Camacho. 

As you will recall, Fr. Luis was arrested by the Guam Police on March 17, 2015. 

Complete page from the Police Blotter here

The Police Blotter does not name the arrestee, but the time and place of the arrest can be corroborated from the news stories of the arrest:

NOTES FOR LUCIO

By Tim Rohr

Our friend, who fantasizes that he is our "nightmare," Lucio from Italy (but not really), is back. In a comment on BREAK FREE, LUIS. IT'S TIME, Lucky Lucio goes on about what a wonderful chap Bishop Camillo Ballin was and how he was so well-respected in the Vatican, etc., etc., etc. 

Ballin, as you will recall, is the bishop who verbally slapped Chuck White for asking what Luis Camacho was doing in his diocese when Luis was an incardinated priest in Guam. Ballin snapped back: "He is now my priest." 

You can see what Lucio has to say about it here and my reply here, if you care to. However, since Lucio wants to talk tough about Ballin, I thought now would be a good time to reshare Ballin's official announcement, dated June 25, 2016, to the whole Vicarate of Northern Arabia, for which Ballin was the Vicar, that Luis was absolutely innocent and a victim of our "lies and calumnies." 

You can read the full letter here. The following is the relevant part:

...I was saddened receiving information that lately some individuals have spread, both in writing and by word of mouth, lies and calumnies about one of our priests who has served in our Church. In fact, some accusations against Fr. Luis Camacho have been divulged among our people. Because of this, in order to clarify the lack of any foundations for such rumors and accusations, even the Holy See has been forced to start an inquiry. 

The subsequent deep and thorough investigation has reached the absolute certainty that “there is not a semblance of truth (fumus veri facti) to the accusation” made against Fr. Luis. 

Contrast Ballin's June 25, 2016 letter with the letter from Luis' real bishop, Archbishop Ryan Jimenez, dated Dec. 11, 2025:

The Archdiocese of Agana has received official notification that on September 19, 2025, the Congresso of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith completed its review of the case involving Rev. Luis Venancio B. Camacho, who was ordained a priest for our Archdiocese on November 9, 2013. The Congresso confirmed that Mr. Camacho was found guilty of delicta graviora cum minore - grave offenses involving a person under the age of eighteen- and it upheld the penalty previously imposed: dismissal from the clerical state. 

The Dicastery’s review included the 2015 arrest of then-Fr. Camacho, the canonical investigation that followed, and a subsequent petition for recourse that he himself submitted in an effort to have the penalties removed and to be restored to priestly ministry. 

Following the canonical investigation, a Penal Decree was issued on May 6, 2025, finding Rev. Camacho guilty of delicts contra sextum, meaning violations of the Sixth Commandment (sexual misconduct) committed with a minor, and imposing the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state.

Yet, in 2016, Ballin told us that the Holy See had cleared Camacho with "absolute certainty." Once again, none of this makes any sense unless you know who you're dealing with: THE NEOCATS.

BREAK FREE, LUIS. IT'S TIME

By Tim Rohr

Note: I am telling this story not to pick on Luis Camacho. He doesn't need any more grief. No, I am telling this story because the world needs to see how the Neocat Ideology ruins people...many people.

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The (still) Rev. Fr. Luis Camacho, as most readers of this blog know, was arrested in March 2015 after being found alone with a female minor in a car at a beach in Agat. Note: I parenthetically say "still" because he is appealing his "defrocking" (aka "laicization") by a Vatican tribunal and, for now, remains a priest, albeit without faculties.

Rumor at the time of the arrest was that Camacho had been caught engaging in a sexual act with a female minor; however, so went the rumor, the girl's parents (mysteriously) chose not to pursue charges. Meanwhile, since the police had arrested Camacho and there had to be a reason, the charge, which could have been much more serious, was entered as custodial interference. 

I have stated several times on this blog that if Camacho had just come clean and begged forgiveness, he would not only have remained a priest in good standing (perhaps after a short retreat), but would have been extra loved and admired by the majority of Guam’s Catholics. 

We are all fallen in one way or another, and who among us does not have a list of sins, especially “sins of youth,” that would not only humble us if they were known but may have put some of us in jail?

True, Camacho was no “youth” at the time (I believe he was in his 30’s), and the girl was underage (17 was the rumor), but I still think a simple “I’m sorry” would have gone a long way and might have spared Camacho his years of running and personal agony that not only followed, but continue to this day.

However, at the time, and still now, Camacho was not in control of his destiny. He had handed that over to what I’ll call the Neocat Generals when he joined the Neocatechumenal Way, and especially when he chose (if he chose) to become one of their priests. 

I say "if he chose" because I recall a statement he made, recorded in an interview published in Umatuna, the archdiocesan paper, on the day of his ordination, that hinted that Camacho was not absolutely sure he wanted to be a priest. 

I was not surprised to read that. During his seminary years, I had gotten to know Camacho and the seminary/Neocat environment he moved in quite well.

As the proprietor of a Catholic bookstore for several years, I had many interactions with NCW seminarians when they visited my store. Additionally, for about a year, several NCW seminarians and some of their priest-professors joined me every Wednesday night at the Chamorro Village Night Market, where I set up a table and handed out Catholic literature. Camacho was one of them.

To further my NCW "credentials," I also owned a company that sold commercial kitchen-cleaning supplies and installed and serviced the machines that dispensed them. RMS, the NCW seminary, was one of my customers. So I was often at the seminary delivering products and servicing the machines. I was good friends with Fr. Ivan then (I believe he was Vice-Rector), and he would always invite me to join them for lunch if I was around about that time, which I often was. 

By the way, in case you are wondering how running a Catholic bookstore and selling kitchen cleaning supplies connect, they don't. In those years, I had several businesses, five at one point, because I had no other way to feed, clothe, educate, and house 11 children. 

And there's something else. Because my other businesses kept me away from my bookstore for many hours a day, I had to hire help, and my principal employee for quite a while was a nice young lady who was so in love with the NCW that I believe she eventually became one of their nuns. 

As an aside, but maybe directly related to the Camacho matter, I sometimes overheard conversations between my NCW employee and other NCW young ladies who hung around my store, conversations that were a little disturbing for an old guy like me. There was a bit of a seminary fan girl thing going on, and a frequent debate over which seminarians were the best-looking. Camacho's name usually got "squeals." 

As a "male," I knew that wasn't healthy...for the males, I mean. Girls are gonna do what girls do. And squeals about good-looking guys, seminarians or not, is just what girls do, sometimes anyway. But as a "guy," I knew what those squeals provoked way down deep in those male hormones. 

And because I knew that the NCW environment promoted close-knit communities, wherein members, including seminarians, were often prodded to publicly disclose their deepest, and even sinful thoughts and feelings, I just shook my head at the thought of where that was going to end up.

Camacho was not only young (at the time, around 2005), but also decent-looking and a local, a Chammoro, or CHamoru, as it is now spelled. And Apuron, inundated with NCW clerical prospects at RMS from all over the world, was desperate for at least one local guy to be in line for ordination at a seminary locals (us) were constantly cajoled to pay for.

So, Camacho was the perfect prospect: Chamorro, young, nice looking, and reportedly related to the then-bishop of Saipan, the late Tomas Camacho. The trouble was, Camacho had difficulty getting through even the dumbed-down studies at the local RMS, a challenge which delayed his ordination, a frustration for Apuron. 

The real problem, though, was Apuron. Pursuant to information from a very close insider (to Apuron), the Neocat Generals told Apuron who to ordain. The insider even told me the name of a seminarian that Apuron did not want to ordain because it was clear, even to Apuron, that given his intellectual challenges, the wannabe priest had no business being a priest (he had already flunked out of another seminary), but Apuron "had" to ordain him anyway. 

At the order of his Neocat Masters, Apuron ordained both Camacho and the "wannabe" at the same time. So, basically, two strikes on the same day: Camacho wasn't sure he wanted to be a priest (at least that was what was implied in his published interview), and the other guy had no business being a priest, given his intellectual challenges - at least per my source. 

(Note: As another "by the way," I almost got around to subpoenaing the wannabe priest for trial in a personal matter. I had reason to believe he was part of a conspiracy to destroy my reputation as part of a larger plan to exonerate Apuron. He's lucky the trial in that matter was unexpectedly terminated. But I still have the evidence.)

Well, all the above is not where I expected to go when I set out to write this post, but that's where the Spirit led me. I believe, even now, that all Camacho needs to do is publicly admit what he did, ask forgiveness, and all would be well. But as a Neocat, he can't do that. They call the shots. Not him. 

So, back to the matter at hand. 

Camacho's current problem began not when he was arrested, but when Apuron and the Neocats began the immediate cover-up, which ultimately led to his nine-year exile and the problems he is still having after returning to Guam.

Apparently, on the very night of Camacho's arrest on March 17, 2017, or quite soon after, Camacho was swiftly smuggled off Guam. Within a few days, he surfaced in Saipan, where it was rumored he was residing with his bishop-uncle, Tomas Camacho, and then, once discovered, he disappeared again. 

QATAR

The fact that someone sitting in a church in Doha, Qatar, on the other side of the world, recognized a now-bearded Luis Camacho, snapped a picture, and sent it to me is a testament to this blog's reach. 

But why would someone in Qatar be reading this blog? In fact, check the flag counter in the right sidebar and ask yourself, why does this blog have the worldwide audience that it does, and a massive one at that? 

It sure "ain't" because the whole world cares about Apuron, or Gofigan, or Benavente, or any of the local squabbles. It's because the Neocats are a problem worldwide, just as they were in Doha, Qatar, which is why the anonymous-picture-sender recognized Luis when he showed up at a church in Doha. She had been following JungleWatch for several months because, at the time, this archdiocese was ground zero for the Neocat Wars, and most of it was happening on JungleWatch.

The Camacho-Qatar thing was absolutely funny. The bishop there, a guy named Ballin, "stepped in it" when Chuck White emailed him to ask what Camacho was doing in his diocese. In short, Balin attacked Chuck for even asking and functionally inferred that he had incardinated him in his diocese: "I am now his bishop," wrote Ballin. (Chuck's email to Ballin. Ballin's email to Chuck)

We blew up the Ballin exchange on JungleWatch and had fun with it for several weeks. Chuck had set the trap, and Ballin, a bishop, had not only stepped in it...he had jumped in it. And Ballin wasn't just any bishop; Ballin was the first Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia with the territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia under his jurisdiction.

So what in the world was Ballin doing, getting involved in an email squabble with some unknown guy in Guam? The fact that Ballin not only got incensed over Chuck's inquiry but also responded with knee-jerk viciousness was typical of a guy who was lying. And he was. 

Ballin had no authority to incardinate Camacho unless Camacho had first been excardinated from the Archdiocese of Agana, and, of course, he wasn't. In other words, Ballin lied when he wrote to Chuck White saying, "I am now his bishop." 

So a bishop, the Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, in writing, LIES to protect this runaway priest from Guam. Makes no sense... unless, of course, it's the Neocatechumenal Way we're talking about. And of course, we are. Like Apuron (and probably Jimenez), Ballin was another bishop beholden to Kiko's Crew, which, of course, is why Luis ended up there. 

Exposing Luis in Qatar exposed another Apuron lie: that Camacho had been sent "off-island to a priestly renewal program." This was funny at the time, because the Neocats, via "The Diana," continued to argue that Luis had done nothing wrong, that there had been no sexual contact with the girl, that it was all a made-up story by that terrible Deacon Steve Martinez, and that the charge of "custodial interference" meant nothing more than dear Fr. Luis had given the girl a ride home from school and had forgotten to tell the girl's parents. (Never mind that he was arrested at an Agat beach and not the parents' driveway.)

Well, if that was the case, then 1) why did Luis immediately resign as pastor of the two parishes he was pastoring; 2) why was he surreptitiously rushed off-island; and 3) why would giving a girl a ride home from school warrant his having to be sent away to a priestly-renewal program? 

But then, once again, we are dealing with the Neocats here. So lying, deflecting, denying, and ultimately inventing an alternate reality, just as they have invented an alternate "Catholic Church," is in their genes. It's just what they do...and do, and do, and do.

BACK TO GUAM

Amazingly, nine years later, when Luis returned to Guam, apparently seeking restoration, Fr. Romeo Convocar, then the Apostolic Administrator for this archdiocese, intentionally or not, repeated the same lie: "Former Archbishop Anthony Apuron sent the priest off-island to a priestly renewal program after the incident in 2015." (Archdiocese of Agaña statement regarding Father Luis Camacho, May 7, 2024)

Even more amazing, not only was Camacho never sent to a priestly renewal program (which is the norm for priests who are having problems, usually sexual), but Camacho surfaced in Doha, Qatar, as a youth minister: "Priest Accused of Sexual Contact With Minor to Host Retreat for Youth This Month," (J. Carrera. Pacific News Center, April 12, 2016)

The real story here, once again, is the Neocatechumenal Way and the extent of the problem it poses worldwide. We didn't have spies in Doha. We didn't even know he was in Doha. We didn't even know where he was...at all! But because the Neocats, with their abrasiveness, aggressiveness, and narcissistic sense of superiority,  create enemies wherever they go, there were plenty of enemies in Doha who joined the crusade on JungleWatch to expose the crooked Neocat leadership, which was clearly acting as a clandestine underground railroad for priests on the run.

In his May 7, 2024, statement on Camacho, Convocar said something else worth noting:

"Rome opened a canonical investigation on Father Luis following the incident in 2015. Though the Vatican has not been able to make a canonical ruling due to insufficient evidence, the case is not closed. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith informed then Archbishop Michael Byrnes on Nov. 18, 2022 that the case is filed in the archives at this time as it is not possible to proceed with any canonical action."

Compare the foregoing with "A Pastoral Update to the Faithful Regarding the Case of Luis Camacho," from Archbishop Jimenez, Dec. 11, 2025:

The Archdiocese of Agana has received official notification that on September 19, 2025, the Congresso of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith completed its review of the case involving Rev. Luis Venancio B. Camacho, who was ordained a priest for our Archdiocese on November 9, 2013. The Congresso confirmed that Mr. Camacho was found guilty of delicta graviora cum minore - grave offenses involving a person under the age of eighteen- and it upheld the penalty previously imposed: dismissal from the clerical state. 

The Dicastery’s review included the 2015 arrest of then-Fr. Camacho, the canonical investigation that followed, and a subsequent petition for recourse that he himself submitted in an effort to have the penalties removed and to be restored to priestly ministry. 

Following the canonical investigation, a Penal Decree was issued on May 6, 2025, finding Rev. Camacho guilty of delicts contra sextum, meaning violations of the Sixth Commandment (sexual misconduct) committed with a minor, and imposing the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state.

So, per the May 7, 2024, letter, in 2022, Archbishop Byrnes was informed by the Vatican that "due to insufficient evidence," it was "not possible to proceed with any canonical action." But almost to the day, one year later, May 6, 2025, the Vatican found Camacho "guilty of delicts contra sextum, and imposed "the penalty of dismissal from the clerical state."

WHAT HAPPENED?

So what happened? Apparently, sufficient evidence was provided, enabling the Vatican to proceed with canonical action. Who provided the evidence? 

Jimenez's update dated Dec. 11, 2025, notes that "he himself" (Camacho) petitioned the Vatican for recourse "in an effort to have the penalties removed and to be restored to priestly ministry. Apparently, Camacho had not done this before. But when he did, he opened the door for the Vatican to investigate, including calling witnesses. 

I can't prove this, and the Vatican will never publish its findings, but given that there was only one witness, the girl, it appears that the Vatican questioned the girl, and the girl told the truth. Now, it is also possible that the Vatican may have questioned the police. Obviously, they were witnesses. But even if they did, it appears that it was the girl's testimony that did Camacho in because the Vatican verdict was: delicta graviora cum minore - grave offenses with a minor. Delicta, the plural of delictum. Thus, grave "offenses," plural. 

The police would not have known if there were other offenses. Only the girl would have known that. And the plural finding also comports with the rumors (now proven true) that Camacho and the girl had been going at it for a while. 

So, if Camacho had petitioned the Vatican to investigate his case to be restored to priestly ministry, it appears he was very sure things would go well. They obviously did not. So what went wrong? 

Certainly, Camacho had the assurances of his Neocat handlers, probably Kiko's people in the Vatican, high-up folks. This would be typical Neocat operations. They know how to do this sort of thing. Since there were no other witnesses besides the police, the only weak link was the girl. 

The girl was said to be in the NCW, in fact, the same community as Camacho. The Neocat catechists and responsibles have a tight hold over their community members, so there were probably assurances from them that the girl wouldn't be a problem. 

Maybe she was. Maybe she wasn't. I don't know. But what we do know is that somebody talked. Somebody told the real story, and it wasn't the story that Apuron, Ballin, The Diana, or hordes of Neocat defenders have been telling us for more than ten years now, and mocking and spitting at those of us who always knew otherwise. 

If it was the girl who told the truth, then God bless her. Now, it's time for Luis to tell the truth. The Catholics of Guam, the real ones, are waiting to welcome you back, Luis, but not if you persist in the lies your Neocat Masters have forced you to tell. Break free from them. It's time. 

BALLIN'S KAKA

Teri Untalan's April 11 letter calling on Archbishop Apuron to resign over his gross mishandling of the Luis Camacho affair assumed that Apuron had taken advantage of an unsuspecting bishop and that Luis had been delivered to the other bishop's care without a warning. 

But as it turns out, the other bishop was in on it.

BALLIN: "I AM NOW HIS BISHOP"

Yesterday, Rome time, presbyter-smuggler extraordinaire, Bishop Camillo Ballin, met with Pope Francis. 

http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/es/bollettino/pubblico/2018/03/02/aud.html

As you will recall, nearly two years ago, Bishop Ballin informed us that he was now the bishop of refugee-presbyter, Luis Camacho*, despite the fact that Camacho is still a priest incardinated in the Archdiocese of Agana. 

So how could he do that? How could he just incardinate a priest who is still incardinated in the Archdiocese of Agana? Well, when you're a neocat, it's easy. They have no hierarchy, no ecclesial authority but their own. 

As we have long seen here in the Archdiocese of Agana, ground zero for neocat aggression, the neocat hierarchy simply makes it up as they go along. Anywhere else, that would be called Protestantism. 

However, when it hides inside the Catholic Church, it's at least labelled Disobedience. And, at least one bishop has had the courage to call it Heresy:

"It is a Trojan horse in the Church...it is Protestant...(it) is completely absurd...it is Lutheran...it is Heresy....Thus they justify all their heretical practices and teachings with Vatican II. This is a grave abuse." - Bishop Athanasius Schneider 

(*Note: We believe that while Camacho is certainly responsible for the transgressions that got him into trouble, we do not believe that he is responsible for his current refugee status. We lay that at the feet of the two bishops who corroborated in the smuggling of Camacho: Ballin and Apuron.)

THE COMPLETE BALLIN FILE

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MORE ON THE "SAGA OF LUIS CAMACHO"

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Who is really responsible for the Abuse of a Merizo Girl?

Fr Luis admitted his guilt the day of the offense. And Archbishop Apuron accepted his resignation. Even though his seminary training was flawed, he is responsible for his actions. BUT, the lies and deceit that followed are not by Fr Luis, but of the Neo Catechumenal Way (NCW). Let’s review the reality…

THE WOLVES

"Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves."

- MASS, IMPOSITION OF THE PALLIUM AND CONFERRAL OF THE FISHERMAN'S RING FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE PETRINE MINISTRY OF THE BISHOP OF ROME, HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI, St. Peter's Square, Sunday, 24 April 2005

On April 4, 2019, Archbishop Byrnes held a press conference relative to the Vatican's release of the news that Apuron's appeal had been denied. After Archbishop Byrnes' remarks, he was asked several questions by the local press. Following are those questions with most of what Archbishop Byrnes answered and to which we add our own notes. (See the posted recording of the conference for the full remarks and Q&A.)

(Our NOTES are only our personal views.)

REPORTER: "...there was not any mention of laicization, does this in effect mean that Apuron can still hold Mass, just not on Guam but elsewhere. If that is the case then what does this conviction truly mean." 

AB: "It means he can never come back to Guam, which is relatively severe. 

OUR NOTE: While in most cases a priest can celebrate Mass anywhere, he cannot do so publicly without authorization (faculties) from the local Ordinary - the bishop of the diocese where the priest happens to be. This may very well be why Apuron had his most recent protestations of innocence translated and published in Italian. He already has a bishop (or bishops) in mind who will give him faculties in Italy where the Neocatechumenal Way is strong. Plus there is always Bishop Camilo Ballin, an Italian confrere of NCW chief, Cardinal Filoni, whose current position (Ballin's) is Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia and who we helped make famous when he surreptitiously took in the fugitive Fr. Luis Camacho. 

But even Ballin is not going to be so bold as to give Apuron a visible position. More than likely Apuron will do exactly what was in the plan for him since 1995 when he brought the NCW into Guam. Apuron, knowing that one day his history would catch up to him, very likely traded control of Guam to the NCW for a promise of protection should the likes of Walter Denton ever surface. So Apuron will continue to minister as a priest in the underground NCW network that has already given cover to Wadeson, Camacho, and probably Cristobal too. 

REPORTER: "Is he still able to ordain priests?" 

AB: "That's an interesting question. The canon lawyers said this is an issue."

OUR NOTE: Apuron has not been removed from the episcopacy, only from his position as the Archbishop of Agana. The prohibition on his being able to wear certain items (insignia) which would indicate he is a bishop, does not make him an "ex-bishop." And as bishop, he certainly maintains the "powers" to ordain priests. The question is "who would want him to?" The answer is easy: The NCW. While Archbishop of Agana, Apuron had already been a servant of the Neocat heads for several years, ordaining men to the priesthood per the orders of his Neocat superiors, even ordaining men who he most likely knew, even in his own compromised state, that he knew he should not have. So most likely, unless otherwise prohibited by the Pope, Apuron will be busy ordaining priests for the NCW, under the shelter of bishops like Ballin. 

One of the reasons there are not clear answers to these questions is because Apuron was the first bishop in modern Church history to undergo a canonical trial, and it appears that there as many questions as to what to do with him now as there were when it was first decided to grant Apuron a canonical trial. Remember it was Apuron himself who demanded a trial, believing he would be exonerated. 

REPORTER: "Does this mean Apuron will still receive a stipend from the Archdiocese of Agana? 

AB: "Yes..."

OUR NOTE: Per Church law, the Ordinary (now Archbishop Byrnes) is always responsible for the material well-being of the clergy incardinated in his diocese, even if they no longer reside in it. So it's not something Archbishop Byrnes can decide not to do. The last figure we heard for Apuron's care was $1500 per month.

REPORTER: "...in terms of healing for the victims, there are those that have expressed that the archbishop (Apuron) should be allowed to Guam, particularly to stand trial for his crimes. Is that something you would be willing to talk to the Vatican about? 

AB: "Yes..."

OUR NOTE: While the case against Apuron personally is still proceeding through the civil courts on Guam, he is not going to "stand trial for his crimes." While the statute of limitations for civil liability was lifted for the sex abuse of minors, the criminal statute was not. Apuron can be found civilly liable for his offenses, but not criminally. In any event, there will still be a trial, and Apuron could be required to appear before the Court, but that might be up to the judge. "The pope won't let me" is not a likely excuse the judge in the civil trial will accept. 

REPORTER: "He's still a Capuchin. And he has a superior and he's not longer a diocesan, so does he have to stay in his community and answer to his superior, and how do we track...?"

AB: (was unsure)

OUR NOTE: When Apuron was consecrated bishop in 1986, he was released from his vow of obedience to his Capuchin superior as well as his vow of poverty - as diocesan clergy do not take a vow of poverty. In short, other than the Pope, Apuron is not beholden to any superior and is a Capuchin in name and dress (if he wants) only. 

REPORTER: "What is the archdiocese's response to Apuron maintaining his innocence?"

AB: "I'm sad. I don't think that's right."

REPORTER: "Were you surprised that he did not even apologize to the victims in Guam in general?"

AB: "Sadly no."

OUR NOTE: As effectively the Archbishop of Agana since late 2016, Archbishop Byrnes has had access to a lot more information than probably anyone other than the  members of the Vatican tribunal who found him guilty. And while, the Vatican's statement is short, terse, and lacking detail, Archbishop Byrnes' very personal response to these two questions says all we need to know about Apuron's lame claim to innocence. 

It's easy to see why Apuron is still claiming innocence. This is no longer about the NCW saving Apuron (restoring him to Archbishop of Agana), but about Apuron saving the NCW, or more to the point, being used to save the NCW. The NCW was so vested in Apuron that for Apuron to go down in flames would be a permanent wound to the NCW worldwide and we'd soon see the end of it. So the NCW heads need to keep Apuron propped up, for no one else to see but their own. 

In his reply, Apuron once again trotted out the conspiracy angle and "new evidence." There is nothing and no one prohibiting Apuron from naming names, but he won't, because he knows that doing so would open the door to lawsuits for defamation.  

REPORTER: "When Apuron dies, will his body be allowed to be brought to Guam and be buried in the Cathedral?"

AB: "Another good question that I don't have an answer for. On the face of it I would say no that he wouldn't be buried here."

OUR NOTE: It is only a tradition and not a rule or a right that the body of a former bishop of a diocese may be interred in the diocesan cathedral. Whoever is Ordinary at the time Apuron passes will probably be the one to decide whether or not Apuron can be buried on local church grounds or even within the diocese.

REPORTER: Lay people pretty loosely toss out the term "defrocked." Can you explain..."

AB: "He was not laicized, but defrocked means your clothing and there's certain clothing he cannot wear now." 

REPORTER: "I guess it would be accurate to say that he was effectively defrocked."

AB: "Yes, but not in the way people think. Laicization means you are no longer a priest. 

REPORTER: "But he still is."

AB: "He still is, yah." 

OUR NOTE: It continues to be a bit maddening to see the clamor for Apuron to be laicized, as if that is the ultimate sentence for guys like Apuron. We need to be reminded that not laicizing Apuron keeps him under the control of the Pope and "saves" him for further discipline, including the equivalent of imprisonment such as being assigned to a cloister to finish out his life in prayer and penance. If Apuron was laicized, he would be a free man, and he has enough private wealth and connections (remember where he was found hiding in 2017?) to live out the rest of his life in security and comfort. Moreover, rarely if ever is laicized clergy banned from living in their home diocese. Apuron was. This is why AB says as the beginning of the Q&A that that is already "relatively severe."  

Additionally, though, the prohibition of Apuron's wearing the episcopal insigna, a new provision of his sentence that was not part of the first sentence, is actually what DEFROCKING is. As AB explained, "de-frocking" means removing the "frock" (clothing). And Apuron can no longer wear anything (mitre, ring, etc.) that would signal his episcopal status. 

REPORTER: "As the head of the Catholic Church here on Guam, how difficult is it would you say to defend the Catholic Faith when you have conflicting decisions where in one instance you have a priest who is laicized who's not and he's still allowed to go forward and be a priest?

AB: "The church is more than it's priests and more than its bishops. It's the place where Jesus Christ is consecrated in the Eucharist. That's what the Church does, it makes Christ visible and tangible to the people of God. We've always been a Church with faults and this is our turn... Nonetheless, the Church is the Body of Christ..."

OUR NOTE: Again, the problem with seeing laicization as a bigger punishment when in fact, at least in Apuron's case, it is not. Though, his not being laicized will still make him useful to the NCW, so we have to suspect that Filoni et.al had something to do with that.

REPORTER: "...when this happens it is the ultimate violation of trust, and the people wanted justice and every individual has their idea of justice in their minds. What message do you have for those who are not only Catholics but to those who critiquing and scrutinizing the Church to reconcile with themselves..."

AB: "Justice is going to mean something different for each person...tell me to your face that you're sorry. And that hasn't happened. I'm standing in the place of Archbishop Apuron..but I'm not him. ...the other aspect is...never again. So we're investing in some of the best things we know how to do to prevent it. We have over 2000 people in our diocese who are trained to be aware of what are the signs of child abuse, whether physical or sexual or emotional. We've got people who are mandatory (mandated) reporters. That's something. And we'll do our best. And you can be sure that if a credible accusation gets through our independent review board, we will take action immediately. We're actually already involved with one right now...

OUR NOTE: Sadly, this is the only place where we feel that AB continues to miss the mark. But he's not alone. The problem isn't pedophilia and it never was. Even the John Jay Criminal Justice Study commissioned by the USCCB which provided the foundation for the so-called "Dallas Charter" (which AB has adopted) noted that only 6% of the victims over a period of 50 years were prepubescent children (mostly boys). Nearly all of the victims were adolescents at the time of their abuse, i.e. "biological adults," and once again, mostly males. So while the victims may be minors, they are NOT "children." 

This is precisely why, upon being raised to the office of Pope, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, and now Pope Benedict XVI immediately initiated a "purge" of the seminaries. Prior to becoming Pope, Ratzinger was Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, a position which placed him at ground zero of the clergy sex abuse scandals that had erupted 5 years before his being raised to the Pontificate. And this is precisely why Benedict was driven out of office in 2013 by those he called "the wolves."

LUIS CAMACHO RETURNS - BUT THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM

By Tim Rohr

So Fr. Luis Camacho has returned to Guam after nine years. I hope things work out for him. However, the real problem at this point is not Luis Camacho, but Fr. Romeo Convocar, our Apostolic Administrator. And here’s why.

In the above press release, Fr. Convocar states the following:

According to archdiocesan records, Father Luis was arrested on March 17, 2015 on Guam for custodial interference. He resigned as Pastor of San Dimas, Malesso and San Dionisio, Umatac. He was prohibited from hearing confession and restricted from celebrating Mass publicly. He may celebrate Mass only privately. Those restrictions of his faculties have not been lifted. Former Archbishop Anthony Apuron sent the priest off-island to a priestly renewal program after the incident in 2015.

Other than the fact that Camacho was arrested on March 17, 2015, none of the rest is true. 

1. There was no restriction of Camacho’s faculties. Camacho was immediately hurried away the next day to Saipan where he stayed with then-Bishop Camacho who was said to be his uncle. 

2. There was no “off-island priestly renewal program.” After Saipan, Camacho was scurried away by the Neocat hierarchy to the Middle East where he surfaced at a parish in Qatar and was put in charge of youth ministry. 

3. Camacho was apparently incardinated by the bishop in Qatar, Camillo Ballin, in a diocese that was building up a large neocatechumenal presence.

And then there's this: 

Rome opened a canonical investigation on Father Luis following the incident in 2015. Though the Vatican has not been able to make a canonical ruling due to insufficient evidence, the case is not closed. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith informed then Archbishop Michael Byrnes on Nov. 18, 2022 that the case is filed in the archives at this time as it is not possible to proceed with any canonical action.

This conflicts with a 2016 letter published in Qatar by Camacho's "new bishop" clearing Camacho:

Note: This letter appears to be the work of the Neocat cabal in Qatar and their using Ballin like they used Apuron: a rubber stamp. Nevertheless, Fr. Convocar needs to know the real history and needs to make it clear.

The Camacho incident was huge at the time because it occurred just as things were heating up for Apuron regarding his sex abuse of minors as well as the whole RMS scam. Had Camacho publicly confessed and said "I'm sorry," I am quite sure all of Guam would have forgiven and embraced him. 

Perhaps Camacho wanted to do that. But Apuron and his Neocat handlers got rid of Camacho as fast as they could, not to protect Camacho, but to protect their own back sides - given what was coming. 

JungleWatch followed the whole mess very closely. There are 62 posts on this blog about Luis Camacho and a whole page (Luis Camacho File) with links to all the news stories generated by his arrest. 

Fr. Convocar should spend a few days studying those posts and the file before he sends out any more press releases. We've been lied to and lied to. We don't need anymore. And neither does Fr. Luis Camacho. 

And one last thing. The press release has Tony Diaz' name at the bottom of it, not Fr. Convocar's. While Tony as Director of Communications can certainly write and distribute press releases, they should always be in the name of Fr. Convocar. We don't want to be guessing who is running this place all over again. 

By the way. The Camacho affair wasn't just local news. 

From Osservatorio sul Cammino Neocatechumenale secondo verità

(translated)

the Neocatechumenal priest arrested on a secluded beach in Guam while having sex with a Neocatechumenal minor was sent to Qatar  probably to avoid extradition should a criminal trial begin against him in Guam. The Attorney General of Guam herself, moreover, had done everything to support the kikos  despite the law requiring her to continue the proceedings against the neocat "presbyter".

On the one hand, the mgr. Camillo Ballin , Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, competent for Qatar, had stated that the arrested presbyter belongs to "his him" he clergy (as if he had formally incardinated him);  who knows, maybe he is convinced that at some point he will make a career and leave the hot potato to his successor... On the other hand, however, the Neocatechumenal chancellor of the Curia of Guam had said in a press release (Statement  published in the diocesan newspaper ) that the presbyter was still belonging to the clergy of Guam. The Neocatechumenal bishop of Guam, in fact, to protect the arrested man, had always avoided following his own provisions . Which of the two bishops will end up with a lit match in their hand?

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LUIS CAMACHO ANNIVERSARY 

THE NCW: A PLACE TO HIDE

FRENCHIE'S LETTER TO BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN - LUIS' NEW BISHOP - APRIL 12, 2016

STEVE STANDS UP. LET'S NOT LET HIM STAND ALONE.

THE REAL CRIME IS APURON'S

FRENCHIE'S LETTER TO BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN - LUIS' NEW BISHOP - APRIL 12, 2016

Bishop Camillo Ballin, MCCJ

Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia

Bishop's  House

P.O. Box 25362

Road 4603, House 127, 125 Block 946

AWALI (Bahrain)

Your Excellency,

MORE NOTES FOR LUCIO

Deacon Steve Martinez responds to Lucio.  (The hyperlinks have been added)

Tim,

Your post (NOTES FOR LUCIO) is very well laid out. But there is also a key letter from the Archdiocese that you failed to cite, the press release dated 05/07/2024. I am familiar with the circumstances to a limited degree. But I worry that in an effort to support his beloved bishop, Lucio just might try to say that there was a previous ruling, but the case was only forced to be reopened at the insistence of Fr Luis’ accuser (me), or by those who are trying to persecute the NCW. Believe me when I say, I have heard this from some people on Guam, more than I expected.

Most people probably don’t know I am related to Fr Luis. I was very proud to participate in his ordination mass, and I fully supported his ministry for Guam. He was the first Chamorro priest ordained from the Guam seminary. That’s why, on March 17, 2015, when I was made aware of Fr Luis’ arrest and the circumstances that were relayed to me, I faced a huge decision. Do I ignore the information given to me? Or do I take my legal requirement to report what I was told, and file a report with CPS and the Archdiocese? I’d like to say it was a tough decision, but it really wasn’t. Since, by law, I am a mandated reporter, it was a law that had to be followed. So I filed my report before 8am the next day. The hard part was living with the consequences, because that part of my family now refuses to speak with me and my wife. I was really hoping that an investigation would exonerate him, but my job was not to judge or investigate. My only job was to file a report and participate in the investigation if asked.

So, Lucio, save your time. And for all those who thought I was fabricating stories to get to Fr Luis, or make the NCW look bad, that just is not true.

Now to add one more bit of proof that Bishop Ballin’s letter was not just misleading, but completely false, I also refer you to a press release from the Chancery Office in Guam dated May 7, 2024, at the time when Fr Luis reappeared after a nine-year absence.

The fourth paragraph from the Chancery states:

“Rome opened a canonical investigation on Father Luis following the incident in 2015. Though the Vatican has not been able to make a canonical ruling due to insufficient evidence, the case is not closed. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith informed then Archbishop Michael Byrnes on Nov. 18, 2022 that the case is filed in the archives at this time as it is not possible to proceed with any canonical action.”

The truth is Rome did initiate an investigation on a timely basis. The charges were indeed very serious. But Rome was never able to reach a conclusion because the main witness (the accused) fled Guam, and the government agencies absolutely refused to provide a copy of the arrest report to the Church.”

So, the June 25, 2016, statement by Bishop Ballin is a proven bold but false statement. Recall what he said in that notice on his letterhead with his official seal attached:

“The subsequent deep and thorough investigation has reached the absolute certainty that “there is not a semblance of truth (fumus veri facti) to the accusation” made against Fr. Luis.”

The actual truth is the investigation languished for lack of evidence. Thank goodness the Vatican archived the information it had just in case the investigation should ever be renewed. And then in 2024/2025 that’s exactly what happened. And a finding of fact was finally reached; an independent penal process in Australia was concluded; and the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith fielded an appeal by Fr Luis, and then reconfirmed the original finding of fact and the penalty.

So Lucio, do you still place credence in Bishop Ballin’s letter of 06/25/2016? I do not wish to cast aspersions on anyone, especially those who have died, but I feel compelled to make sure the truth is heard, and not bent or manipulated.

Deacon Steve Martinez

ADRIAN - A REAL FOOL...SINCE EVER SINCE

You know folks, I get a lot of undue credit for my investigative abilities. I say undue because when you have someone as stupid as Adrian Cristobal running things all one has to do is wait for him to open his mouth, and Voila! Another lie and he doesn't even know it. 

On March 18, 2015, the day after Luis Camacho's arrest in the company of a minor female at a secluded Agat beach, Father Jose Alberto Rodriguez, Vice Chancellor for the Archdiocese of Agana, released a statement to the media saying:

A KIKO COMPARES LUIS CAMACHO TO FR. PAUL

I don't know what we would do without the likes of The Diana and her ilk. Thanks to them, we are able to keep all these issues alive and re-present them over and over for the world to see. Thank you Diana. Thank you, Kiko's. It is you who have driven all these issues to where they are...and soon, even into the courts. Keep at it.  Here's the latest:

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "NOTE TO BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN, DOHA, QATAR: INVOIC...": 

Was he not already expelled from the catholic community on Guam? Should he not be forgiven his sins should he have asked for it? Should he continually be expelled until he is no longer a part of the catholic community? If Apuron's actions against the dededo parishioner and Father Paul was uncalled for, then why are you doing the same to this man? Should you not show him the mercy that you wanted shown to Father Paul and that man? 

LUIS CAMACHO ANNIVERSARY

If it had just been an error in judgement, even one as egregious as what Fr. Luis was arrested for two years ago today (and on the feastday of the patron saint of the seminary he supposedly graduated from), normal human compassion would have long ago taken hold and the incident forgiven and forgotten.

But his immediate and mysterious disappearance, complicated by the tragic and comical bungling of his case by his handlers (The Adrian et al.), and then his resurfacing in Qatar as the leader of a youth retreat, and then the monstrous entry of the real villain in all this, His Excellency Camillo Ballin....well all this led to immediate international attention and a scandal of dire consequences given the sensitivity of things right now in the Arabian Peninsula, plus the wide open evidence of what many have long suspected that Kiko and Filoni Baloney's NCW is an "underground railroad" for squirreling away clerical misfits, perverts or otherwise. 

Even now, Luis Camacho remains a gigantic liability for the Archdiocese of Agana, which means YOU and ME. Last we heard, after we uncovered him in Qatar, he was squirreled away again to Kiko's outpost on the banks of the Galilee, where (Archbishop Hon was told) he is "too distraught" to speak to anyone. 

Sadly, Luis Camacho remains more a victim of all this than his own "victim." How many more like Luis Camacho are locked into a cycle of abuse that pretends to be a seminary? 

So we keep this story in front of you, so that the likes of The Adrian, Apuron, Ballin, Gennarini, Kiko, Filoni, and all who conspire to traffic in humans for the sake of their filthy empire may some day get what's coming to them.

Here is a link to all the posts about Luis Camacho on Jungle Watch.

Here is a link to all the posts about Camillo Ballin on Jungle Watch.

Here is a link to all the news stories about the Luis Camacho arrest.

NOTE TO BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN, DOHA, QATAR: INVOICE DUE.

Dear Bishop Camillo Ballin:

On April 8, 2016, you notified Mr. Chuck White that in regards to Fr. Luis Camacho, formerly of the Archdiocese of Agana, that you are "now his bishop." 

http://thoughtfulcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Response-from-Bishop-Ballin.pdf

You are more than welcome to have Fr. Luis (aka "Lickin' Louie") but not for free. Please find attached our invoice for $170,000.00, payable immediately to the Catholic faithful of the Archdiocese of Agana. 

According to Archbishop Anthony Sablan Apuron, Ofm Cap., D.D. HIJKLMNOP, the cost of educating a seminarian at the Redemptoris Mater Seminary here in Guam is approximately $17,000.00 per year, and Fr. Luis attended this seminary for TEN YEARS. We expect payment promptly or you will be hearing from us again. Count on it. 

FILONI WON'T PERMIT IT

Posted by Tim

The last couple of posts have produced a firestorm of inter-related comments. Here is my reply to most of the comments in summary:

For the first time ever, the Kiko's, all the way up to Kiko himself, are scared s____less that their scam may be up. 

While The Kikos' scam has been scrutinized elsewhere, and even labeled a heresy by at least one fearless bishop (those are rare), Apuron's role in the middle of this stench, and then the intrepid interpolation of Ballin of Doha, have rammed two bishops right into the crosshairs of that scrutiny, forcing Rome to rub its nose in Kiko's filthy mess.

This is why Filoni, while sidelined for a bit after David the RMS Doorknob unwittingly exposed him, has hurriedly regained control of Guam. 

Archbishop Byrnes may not even be aware of the depth of this evil scam. In fact, I am quite sure of it. At his first press conference Byrnes was asked a question about Filoni and he quite innocently referred to him as "who I report to." 

ARE THE NEOS PROTECTING SEXUAL PREDATORS?

(Posted by Frenchie)

Most people with a little knowledge of American History, have heard about the "Underground Railroad" operated by abolitionists, before and during the civil war, in order to allow escaped slaves from the south to reach the safer environment of the northern states or even Canada.

History books are full, not of pictures, since photography was barely on its first steps, but epic drawings such as the one above, lauding the brave souls who risked life and limbs to save slaves.

The images are so strong that they are still used today by some nefarious groups who advocate the dangerous no borders agenda, which in turn have led to modern human trafficking and new forms of slavery, more pernicious that its predecessors.
As the saying goes: "the road to hell is paved with good intentions".

In the case of the NCW the road to hell is clearly marked with bad intentions.

Four cases from Guam

We are going to review four cases from Guam of  Sexual predators, who have been extracted from Guam, to continue a well protected life among communities of the NCW.

1. The case of Wadeson
2. The case of Luis Camacho
3. The case of Apuron
4. The case of Adrian Cristobal  

EXHIBIT B

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WAVE OF...":Looks like this NEO Cult Presbyter Factory is here to stay. From the NEO Cult Zombie at the Dungbats latest blog:

AnonymousAugust 13, 2017 at 11:29 AM
RMS forms priests for the future of Holy Mother Church.
It forms young men to the mind and heart of Jesus Christ. Men who are obedient to Mother Church. This is a great blessing to the life Mission of the Church. Opportunties to help young people follow our Lord. This new group of priests will perhaps not repeat errors of the past. 

EXHIBIT B (Go here for Exhibit A)

DEAR ARCHBISHOP HON: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?

Dear Archbishop Hon,

Your buddy over in Qatar, Camillo Ballin, is acting like Fr. Luis Camacho is his priest. In fact, On April 8, he told Mr. Charles White that he is "now his bishop."

APURON AND BALLIN WORKING TOGETHER

From someone inside the Vatican:

"...it is sad to note that thanks to Apuron and Ballin, and their personal connections within Vatican, the Catholic Church at this moment looks like a totalitarian institution protecting the personal interests of bishops. They (the Kiko's) have all the power in their hands to do whatever they want. We can only pray to the Lord to reveal the truth. The real truth, not the one of Vatican and the NCW.

I told you not to ask Rome for help. Let's do this ourselves. Today's public hearing was the first step. We're going to pass this bill and get it signed into law and then we are going to clean house. Anyone dirty better run now.