Post by Jeanne Sager
Records from a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have revealed yet another cover-up of Catholic priests molesting young children. Hundreds of kids were hurt. And the diocese former Cardinal Roger Mahony wants us to be sympathetic ... with him. Mahony, who served as Cardinal from 1985 and 2011, has been named repeatedly in the lawsuit documents released to the Los Angeles Times over the weekend. The high-ranking church official is accused of opting not to defrock pedophile priests or contact the police but to send them to out-of-state treatment facilities specifically to avoid California therapists who are mandated by law to report abuse. But Mahony isn't being too hard on himself.![]()
Records from a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Los Angeles have revealed yet another cover-up of Catholic priests molesting young children. Hundreds of kids were hurt. And the diocese former Cardinal Roger Mahony wants us to be sympathetic ... with him. Mahony, who served as Cardinal from 1985 and 2011, has been named repeatedly in the lawsuit documents released to the Los Angeles Times over the weekend. The high-ranking church official is accused of opting not to defrock pedophile priests or contact the police but to send them to out-of-state treatment facilities specifically to avoid California therapists who are mandated by law to report abuse. But Mahony isn't being too hard on himself.