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BEN MENO ON THE BUZZ WITH JESSE LUJAN

Thursday, May 28, 2015
(As translated and edited by JRSA: June 1, 2015)

I attended a CCOG village at Inarajan on April 30 because notwithstanding

what I had been hearing about the things Archbishop Apuron has been doing to
actually harm our church, I was still un-convinced that all that was being said were
really true. At the meeting several informational documents were passed out, a
presentation was given, and then the audience was asked to ask questions and provide
their own input.

After the presentation, after I read the documents that were circulated, and
after participating in the discussion, I became more convinced that this group
(CCOG) is sincere in its desire to expose the truths about what has been going on, and
sincere, as well, in demanding for transparency and accountability in what the
Archbishop has been doing because these have been lacking so that there can be
peace, harmony and unity within our Catholic Church.

The litany of wrongs and harms that this archbishop has done to wreck our
Catholic Church is just unbelievable; but what was said was all true - and backed by
documents.

I listened with intent to the incredible mistreatment of priests, laity and nuns,
the violation of our Liturgy, the non-accountability of the monies the people of Guam
have been donating to the Church, and especially to the harm done on the property of
the Church in his giving away of a $75M asset (the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in
Yona - which is controlled by the Neocatechumenal Way) his clear violation of
Church law in the process, and his shameful attempt to try to get a nun to lie for him
about how the property was obtained in the first place 13 years ago! Shame on him!
(Tai-mamahlao!)

How can he get up on the pulpit and preach to us that we should all believe in
Jesus Christ, listen to Jesus Christ, love Jesus Christ, and follow Jesus Christ but
HE does not! He is contradicting himself. He is a hypocrite!

What is the Archbishop thinking? The Catholic Church is NOT his! That is
why I am urging you folks who are contributing money every Sunday - Stop your
contribution through the collection basket. Give your money, your contribution,
directly to your non-Neo priest, for the support of your parish. Do not give to the
Church, until we find out how the Archbishop is utilizing all out money!

Catholic Charities Appeal I have always supported that because I believed

that we should help in building up our local clergy here on our island. I have stopped
helping because I do not see much of our local men being ordained. Instead I see
others coming in, and taking over our churches for their own purposes, and in their
own religion: the Neocatechumenal religion. They say that the Mass is not a

Sacrifice; they say that Christ is a sinner; they receive Holy Communion differently;
they dont say the Rosary; they dont believe in Purgatory like we do; etc. etc. ! I
have stopped giving money to the church. I stopped! We need to know where the
money is going to.

And I say these things not just because of the money and the land. How is it
that there cannot be peace within the Church? Every time I pray, I beg of the Holy
Spirit that He enlighten and strengthen the heart of the Archbishop that he call all his
people the monsignors, the priests, the Sisters, and the laity so that there cam be
peace and understanding (inafamauleg), and that there be but one Faith and one
religion. He does not!

I will not abandon my religion but I cannot attend Mass when the
Archbishop is present. Every time I go to attend Mass, and I see the Archbishop
there, I leave the church because I am angry; I feel like throwing up! My heart is
troubled that I am looking at him who is lying to the people! I wait for another Mass
a later Mass or go to another church where the Archbishop is not there.

And how is it that there are two seminaries - one in Yona, and one in Maloloj?
One for his Neos and the other for our local boys? We know that this setup is a sham!
And we are paying for it!

You, Archbishop, say we should listen to you, and be corrected by you! YOU
listen to me! I am older than you; I am your saina. You are the one who needs to
be corrected because there are a lot of bad things you are doing! You say I may be
older than you, but you are the bishop! Yes but remember that the authority you
have is not yours; you were given this authority from Rome, from the Holy Father to
watch over, guide by the hand, to help, to enliven, and to make clean the souls of men
which you are suppose to be leading as a Shepherd. But you are not! This is the
point!

It is possible for me give up this religion and go to other religions, but I will
not; that is not my objective; that is not what I want, because the Catholic religion is
the only true religion. The Catholic religion is the true Faith. It seems that you do not
belong to this religion; you belong to another religion the Neo.

You carry OFM Cap after your name. Why? Because you are a Franciscan
priest? So what happens to the spirit of poverty when we see you behaving like a
rich man! Bishop Baumgartner (a Capuchin bishop as well) did not do that. He kept
the spirit of poverty! And you? Where does your spirit of obedience lie? With the
Pope, or with another man Kiko Arguello?

You are suppose to be honorable, clean, honest, and straightforward in your

work. But you are NOT doing these things! You are betraying the Faith! You are
making your flock fight among themselves ; you are making them cry. That is what

YOU are doing! But people are not sleeping, Archbishop; they are not blind. I, for
one, will not sleep!

Why do you think I did not attend the Patrocinio in Inarajan? It was because
of YOU! I did not want to see you because every time I see you, it was as if my heart
is being pierced and there is little reason for me to have a stroke or a heart attack!
That is what you are doing, Archbishop! And there are people many people who
are aware of what you are doing! Search your soul, Archbishop! Search your soul
before you get up on the pulpit to explain to us about the Gospel. You write in the
Umatuna, and you explain to us about the Gospel that is read every Sunday; you give
counsel and advice to the people. And that is fine, and we appreciate that - but it is
really YOU who need to heed your own writings. You are the one who need to heed,
because YOU are the one who is not following God! You are telling lies to the
people; you are deceiving the people.

So to you people out there, I urge you to attend the next time there is a CCOG
meeting (I think Thursday, June 4, at the Dededo Community Center). Listen to the
presentation; read the documents; ask questions. Verify for yourselves that the things
I am saying here are true not fiction. Our Church is being divided, being destroyed,
being stolen from us and it is the Archbishop who is doing it all!! He is a
hypocrite! Rome must get rid of him!

It is so shameful for our children, so embarrassing to other religions. It is so

embarrassing to see that there is division within our Catholic Church. The Faithful are
at odds with each other; the clergy is divided. And WHERE IS OUR
ARCHBISHOP? He is simply remaining silent! Why? Why?

Hear from me, Archbishop Many priests have spoken to me and told me that
they do not like what you are doing. But they are afraid to talk, to go against you!
Well, then you must hear from the people and from me Ben Meno! So far as my
religion goes, I shall die being Catholic (Katoliko asta I finataiho!). But I cannot
continue to see, to hear and to taste of the bitterness which your words and actions are
doing. You are human, and you are a sinner just as I am. You are NOT GOD! Take
heed because the time will come when God will ask you what you have done to His
children whom you have divided; what have you done that they are now fighting with
each other; what have you done with the authority which I had given you? And look
at the way they are crying; they are drunk with confusion! And all because of you
your errors and your lack of leadership!
So this is the message that I wish to impart now, my elders and my colleagues.
Please come to the village meeting at Dededo on June 4. Listen, and ask questions.
Speak up and say what you feel is right regarding this issue with the Archbishop.

In closing, I say again - stop dropping your monies in the collection baskets.
Give your donations to your non-Neo priests. Do not give to the Catholic Charities

Appeal until we find out where the money is being spent on. Thank you. Manana si
Yuos (Good Day). Ben Meno; taotao Inalajan.

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A synopsis of Ben Benos speech. -jrsa. (June 1, 2015)

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