Pope Francis replaced the Archbishop of Guam, found guilty of sexual abuse of minors

As part of his efforts to "cleanse the Vatican of sin" and after expelling Anthony Sablan Apuron, found guilty of badual abuse of minors, Pope Francis appointed a new archbishop to Agaña, the capital of the country. Guam Island.

It is Michael Jude Byrnes, who was already coadjutor at the head of the archdiocese since Sablan Apuron had to face his trial.

The expulsion of the former archbishop was announced Thursday. This decision was supported by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Vatican Faith. judgment at first instance March 2018, appealed the defendant.

The sanctions imposed by the Holy See on Sablan Apuron are the exclusion of the position, the perpetual ban on living in the archdiocese of Agaña and the prohibition to wear the insignia of the bishop.

The case of Sablan Apuron arrived in front of the Vatican Court on October 5, 2016 and one of its members, American Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, went in early 2017 to this small Pacific island for collect the testimonials of both parties.

Apuron, now 73, was charged by three men badually abusing them when they were altar boys in the 70s. In addition, the mother of a fourth victim, who is not alive, also charged him with the same charges.

"The Vatican is not saved from sin, we must cleanse"

Recently, Francisco said that at the Vatican "You have to clean up" because it is a state that is not saved from sins. "We have the same limits and sometimes fall into the same things, the job is to clean, clean, clean," he said.

He also explained that the Church's recent anti-scheming summit allowed him to "take legal action". "heal" the people affected and recommended to victims of abuse committed by religious who file a complaint to the police.