Message to Archbishop Ryan Jimenez

 The damage has been done. Indeed, in our society, a person is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Unfortunately, your Pastoral decree with Prot. No. 02-48 has done more damage than you realize. The moment you stated in your decree that Father Luis has been laicized, the media quickly took up the story and published the laicization of Father Luis. Now, that you have come out and admitted your error, do you think the media is going to publish your clarification? The damage has been done, and I am still waiting for the media to publish your clarification. According to an anonymous person who posted in the jungle:

AnonymousDecember 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Regardless of whether he thinks Camacho is guilty, he should have given Camacho the benefit of the doubt until Camacho exhausted all his appeal rights. In this case, he knew Camacho intends to file an appeal. So, his announcement about Camacho being laicized was not only premature, but managed to destroy Camacho's reputation on the spot. Any attempt to backpedal not only looks foolish by showing his incompetence, immaturity, and ignorance, but prevented Camacho's reputation from ever being restored in any meaningful way should he win his appeal and reverse the verdict permanently. Camacho may have a civil case for damages.

Clarification from Archbishop Ryan

 You can find the following letter in the Archdiocese of Agana website:

15 December 2025

Some canonical clarifications concerning the case of Rev. Luis Camacho

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

In reference to my “Pastoral Update to the Faithful Regarding the Case of Luis Camacho” with Prot.
No. 02-48 dated December 11, 2025, I wish to make some clarificatory statements for the public to
understand:

1. Rev. Luis Camacho, in all stages of suspension, investigation, and appeal, maintains the right
of due process and innocence in accordance with the norms of Canon Law.

2. The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, in its letter dated 7 November 2025 with Prot. N.
450/2015 – 107269 stated that Rev. Camacho “is to be informed of his right to present recourse” to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith “within the peremptory time limit of sixty (60) useful days from the date of notification of this Decree.”

3. I acknowledge that I prematurely mentioned in my ‘pastoral update’ that Rev. Camacho “has
been laicized.” The right of appeal has not expired, and Rev. Camacho fully intends to
exercise his right to appeal to the Collegium of the Doctrine of the Faith within sixty (60) days
from the notification of the decree dated 2 December 2025. Therefore, Rev. Camacho is not
dismissed from the clerical state while the recourse is ongoing.

4. In any manner the rights and reputation of Rev. Camacho are infringed by my ‘pastoral
update’ with Prot. No. 02-48 dated December 11, 2025, and inadvertently sent in error, I wish
to state herein the restoration of those rights and reputation. I acted in haste and that my
actions were not intended to cause any harm or scandal to Rev. Camacho, to his family or to
the Archdiocese of Agana.

 
5. Meanwhile, we must wait in prayer for Rev. Camacho and for all of us that, after all the
requirements of canon law are met, we accept the Holy Will of God.

Sincerely in Christ,
+Ryan P. Jimenez, D.D.
Metropolitan Archbishop of Agana