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6. That damn Cardinal Roger Mahony.
Thu Nov 8, 2018, 04:14 PM
Nov 2018

All he ever did was move priests around and out of the spotlight when they turned out to be predatory nogoodniks. They were NEVER forced to face the music. He protected them.

Cardinal Roger Mahony can never be redeemed, even if he opposes President Trump

JUL 27, 2018 | 4:00 AM

Cardinal Roger Mahony can never be redeemed, even if he opposes President Trump

To the editor: I read with interest your flattering article on Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Los Angeles who retired in disgrace but is still speaking out on immigration. I would like to clarify a few things.
Although Mahony now says he told his successor that he would “stay below the radar” and try not to draw too much media attention to himself, the article fails to note that it was actually Archbishop Jose Gomez who, in the wake of the archdiocese’s ordered release of priest abuse records, wrote a public letter to the faithful admonishing Mahony for his failures in dealing with the abuse and announcing that he no longer would have any administrative or public duties.

Readers should revisit past L.A. Times articles that recount how Mahony refused to report the allegations of abuse to authorities, selected therapists for some victims whom he knew would not report to law enforcement and advised some accused priests to stay away from California to avoid prosecution.
As a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in child abuse, I have to set the record straight.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-roger-mahony-trump-immigration-20180727-story.html

He died a few years ago. May God have mercy on his soul. I'm still not sure I can get to that point yet.

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