HAGÅTÑA, Guam — Pope Francis appointed a Vatican official Monday to oversee the Catholic Church on this Pacific island after mounting accusations of sexual abuse leveled against its archbishop. For the moment, Anthony Apuron, 70, will retain his title of archbishop of Agaña, But Hong Kong-born Archbishop Savio Tai Fai Hon, now second in command of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has been given temporary authority to govern the Guam archdiocese that Apuron has led since 1986. This may be the first time ever — or at least the first time in recent history — that the Vatican has made such an appointment in a U.S. territory. Over the weekend, the Vatican announced that ...
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