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Sun Aug 27, 2017, 11:29 PM Aug 2017

Guam Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes fires 4 advisers for betraying his trust

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes recently removed four clergy members from his advisory team, stating they were insubordinate, defied his leadership and betrayed his trust.

All four removed team members are affiliated with the Neocatechumenal Way, whose practices sometimes are at odds with the island's traditional Catholic community.

At issue is a letter they sent in June to a Vatican official, also affiliated with the Way, instead of talking to Byrnes.

Byrnes terminated Monsignor David C. Quitugua, Rev. Fr. Jose Alberto Rodriguez-Salamanca, Rev. Fr. Julio Cesar Sanchez, and Rev. Fr. Rodolfo Arejola from the archbishop's Presbyteral Council.

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

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