David Lujan was speaking as victims gave testimonies at a hearing earlier this month which could make it easier for them to sue by reducing the statute of limitation - the amount of time allowed from a crime actually happening to a formal legal challenge in civil or criminal courts.
Mr Lujan accused Fr Louis Brouillard, now 95, of abusing and taking photographs of around 50 children during his ministry on Guam between 1948 and 1981.
Fr Brouillard has previously admitted to abusing children and is seeking forgiveness for his past crimes. He was never imprisoned or defrocked.
He now lives in Minnesota and receives a pension from the Church in Guam.
According to NY Daily News the former priest told the hearing: "I regret with all my heart that I did anything wrong to them.
"I am praying for the boys and hope that they can forgive me and that God can."
