SANTA BARBARA CATHOLIC CHURCH

330 Iglesias Circle Dededo, Guam 96929-5327

Tel: (671) 632-5659-9534 Fax: (671) 632-1713

Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron, OFM Cap., D.D.

196B Cuesta San Ramon
Hagatna, GU 96910
September 13, 2013
Dear Archbishop Anthony:
I have received your letter of September 10 informing that you are proceeding with
the removal process. I understand that you have informed Fr. Dacanay that I have
"not been removed as pastor as is evident by the fact that the process for removal is
in progress". This, I must admit is surprising considering the steps you took
immediately after our initial meeting of July 16, 2013, namely: (a) a parochial
administrator was officially designated; (b) I was locked out of the parish offices; and
(c) I have been removed from the schedule of presiders of the Eucharist. These are
the steps that you took before my removal as you now claim; these are the steps
that you took even before you started the formal procedure for my removal as you
now admit.
Your Grace, I therefore ask that since I have not been removed and that you just
started the process of removing me, that you restore me to my office as pastor, with
all the consequences that follow therefrom.
Respectfully,

Fr. Paul A.M. Gofigan

Cc: Fr. Adolfo Dacanay, S.J., Archbishop Martin Krebs, Apostolic Nuncio,
Monsignor David C Quitugua, Fr. Adrian Cristobal, Liza Weisenberger