By Tim Rohr
Defenders of the Neocatechumenal Way constantly trumpet all the good the Way is supposedly doing for the Church. No doubt, some people's lives have improved through their relationship with the NCW. That's wonderful.
Meanwhile, there is plenty to naysay about: the secrecy, the hidden catechetical directory, the accusations of heresy, the demonstrable violations of liturgical norms, and so on.
But the real "crime" of the NCW is that it is an underground railroad for clergy on the run.
The underground railway was in full demonstrable swing in the Luis Camacho matter, smuggling him off to the Middle East where he enjoyed the protection of a Neocat bishop - that is, until the bishop died and Luis came crawling back. (What's the status, Archbishop?)
There is also little doubt that Apuron, after fleeing Guam in May 2016 following just one public accusation by Roy Quintanilla, found refuge with the Neocats and, ten years later, is most likely still under their protection. (And of course, providing him a lawyer all these years.)
And how many other Neocat clerics have disappeared via the underground railroad under the fake Neocat guise of "On Mission?" (BTW, remember John Wadeson?)
In 2017, the now-defrocked Adrian Cristobal disappeared from Guam under the guise of "on mission."
Cristobal is still listed as a priest under the Archdiocese of Agana's clergy directory, but remains "on mission." - The Guam Daily Post, May 9, 2018
Cristobal was a diocesan priest. Diocesan priests are not missionaries. But the NCW crafted the "on mission" loophole to hide clerical hoodlums like Cristobal.
Following is a copy of the Post story:
Former church chancellor accused of 15 years of abuse
A 33-year-old man has come forward alleging he endured nearly 15 years of sexual molestation and abuse at the hands of Father Adrian Cristobal, the former Archdiocese of Agana chancellor, leading him to drugs for self-medication.
A lawsuit filed in the District Court of Guam by J.C.C., who used initials to protect his identity, alleges the abuse began when he was 11 years old and an altar boy at San Vicente Ferrer/San Roke Catholic Church in Barrigada, where Cristobal served as parish priest and continued until 2013.
J.C.C. was raised in a religious family whose members were devout Catholics and active in the church.
Beginning in 1995, J.C.C. was repeatedly sexually molested and abused by Cristobal and the boy was forced to perform sexual acts on the priest at San Vicente School where he attended classes, the Barrigada parish, the Maina parish where Cristobal was later assigned, Cristobal's private residence, Cristobal's vehicle, and Cristobal's private beach in Ipan, the civil complaint states.
For the first few years, the sexual abuse happened almost every day while J.C.C. would help before or after Mass, the lawsuit states. The priest would give J.C.C. and other altar boys money to buy food at Subway or get snacks at a store.
The boy had been changing after serving Mass when Cristobal taught him how to properly tuck in his shirt and allegedly used the opportunity to fondle and grope the minor.
As the sexual abuse progressed, the boy would try to fight off Cristobal and he would try to run away but the priest would block and lock the door, causing J.C.C. to be terrified because "he had to go through three rooms and three locked doors to escape," the lawsuit stated. "As a young boy, J.C.C. feared for his life and sometimes thought Cristobal would never let him out."
During a retreat at the beach, J.C.C. was required to sleep in the same tent as Cristobal, other priests/deacons and some of the other boys. While in the tent, Cristobal allegedly sexually abused and molested the boy.
Escalating pattern of abuse
The abuse escalated from fondling, groping, masturbation and oral copulation to penetration, the lawsuit alleged.
Cristobal seized every opportunity to molest J.C.C., said attorney David Lujan, who represents the victim.
On one occasion, J.C.C. was called to Cristobal's office where he found the priest allegedly watching porn on his laptop and masturbating. The complaint alleges Cristobal pulled the boy on his lap and started performing sexual acts on him and forced the boy to perform sexual acts on him.
After saying Mass for the elderly at St. Dominic's in Barrigada Heights, Cristobal allegedly took the boy on several occasions to a secluded lookout and forced the boy to perform sexual acts.
Lujan said his client kept silent about the abuse because he was ashamed and embarrassed.
"He did not how to handle the pain he was enduring and acted out, rebelling and using drugs, which resulted in his getting kicked out of San Vicente Catholic School," the lawsuit states.
In 1997 or 1998, at the age of 14, J.C.C. quit serving as an altar boy but was required to attend confirmation classes where he tried to avoid Cristobal.
The civil complaint alleges Cristobal continued to reach out, and contacted J.C.C.'s family and requested his help around the parish. The boy did not want to go but obeyed because his family didn't have money and most of the time, Cristobal agreed to pay the boy for his help.
Cristobal would force himself on the boy and would not pay him until the boy fulfilled the priest's sexual desires, court documents stated.
The sexual abuse continued even after Cristobal was assigned to the Maina parish in 2011.
It's alleged that J.C.C.'s drug problem worsened as he turned to drugs to self-medicate. "When he learned that J.C.C. had a drug problem, (Cristobal) took advantage of it and would use the money to lure J.C.C. in exchange for sexual pleasure," court documents state. This alleged activity continued until J.C.C. was 25.
Similar complaint against Cristobal
This is the second civil complaint accusing Cristobal of sexual abuse.
A man with the initials L.J.C. filed a similar civil complaint alleging he had been sexually abused by Cristobal while serving as an altar boy between 1995 an 1997.
Cristobal is still listed as a priest under the Archdiocese of Agana's clergy directory, but remains "on mission."
Archbishop Michael Byrnes has called for Cristobal's return in light of the sexual abuse allegations as well as his alleged mismanagement of Chancery funds and the seminary.
Cristobal would eventually be kicked out of the priesthood (defrocked, laicized) by Archbishop Michael J. Byrnes in December 2020. LINK
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Sometimes - I believe - God has a way of sending a message - years later.
For many years, I have known that Cristobal was partly behind the plot that destroyed my family and attempted to destroy me. I got close to proving this in court when my court case was mysteriously suspended and never continued.
However, just now, as I wrote this post, I noticed the date of the above story outing Cristobal's history of sex abuse: May 9, 2018 - the very same day I was publicly accused of being a wife-beater and sexual molester of my own children, beginning that very night on KUAM, and continuing via other local media for the rest of the week.
And destroying me personally was the first step.
He failed.
And so did Cristobal.
I'm still here.
They aren't.
May 9, 2018. That's when they began their attack on me. And that's the day Cristobal went down.
Here is a LINK to a file on most Cristobal stories.
