Civil attorney appointed to commission ADVERTISING Civil attorney appointed to commission HONOLULU (AP) — Mayor Kirk Caldwell is appointing an attorney involved in anti-domestic violence work to serve on the Honolulu Police Commission. Caldwell announced Friday the appointment of Loretta
Civil attorney appointed to commission
HONOLULU (AP) — Mayor Kirk Caldwell is appointing an attorney involved in anti-domestic violence work to serve on the Honolulu Police Commission.
Caldwell announced Friday the appointment of Loretta Ann Sheehan.
She handles civil cases at a Honolulu law firm and serves on the advisory council for the Domestic Violence Action Center. She was a deputy Honolulu prosecutor from 1986-95 and an assistant U.S. attorney in Hawaii from 1995-2009.
Caldwell says her background as a prosecutor and advocate to end domestic violence will be important to the police commission.
In recent years, HPD has faced criticism about domestic violence incidents involving police officers.
Sheehan says she intends to work toward improving public confidence in the department.
The city council must confirm her appointment.
Church hires investigator after abuse allegations
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — The Archdiocese of Agana is working with a law firm as well as an independent investigator after Archbishop Anthony Apuron was accused of decades-old sexual abuse.
Deacon Steve Martinez said last week that the archbishop — the highest leader of the Catholic Church in Guam — was protecting himself and intentionally kept the archdiocese’s sexual abuse policy weak.
A Friday statement from the archdiocese called Martinez’s accusation false.
“We are working with one of the most prominent U.S. legal firms to address these issues and with an independent investigator to inquire about this allegation and these rumors,” the statement said. “These intentional lies oblige the Archbishop to take appropriate and immediate canonical measures in regard to Stephen Martinez.”
The statement does not address Martinez by his title of deacon, and it’s unclear whether the law firm or investigator will probe the statements of abuse.
Apuron denies the abuse allegations and is not charged with any crime. The archbishop is accused of molesting Roy Quintanilla about 40 years ago and the now-dead son of an Arizona woman in the 1970s.
Now a 52-year-old Hawaii resident, Quintanilla says he was a 12-year-old altar boy when Apuron molested him.
Apuron removed Martinez from his position as sexual abuse response coordinator. The archdiocese said last month that current sexual abuse response coordinator Deacon Larry Claros was informed and is organizing next steps.
