Think of it this way: Mahony’s punishment is tantamount to Archbishop Gomez taking away Mahony’s key to the Executive Washroom. Now this “prince of the church” has to use the public restroom like the rest of us mere (moral and ethical) peasants. But hopefully, the damage to Mahony’s credibility will be permanent. In fact, I think…Continue reading **UPDATED**Gomez was “just kidding” … No more heated towels for Mahony …
Moments after a judge ordered a final halt to decades of secrecy by top LA archdiocesan officials, Archbishop Jose Gomez’ lawyer made this outlandish claim: Michael Hennigan said that after what he called an inevitable “media blitz” over the file release, he hoped the focus would shift to the church’s current well-regarded program for preventing…Continue reading How about a little spin to go with your files?
Less than 48 hours after the historic first “document dump” in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, a former Long Beach priest has been sentenced to probation and must register as a sex offender. And people say that the “scandal” is over … According to the Long Beach Press Telegram: Luis Jose Cuevas, who was once…Continue reading Los Angeles scandal over? Hardly. Fmr LA priest sentenced for sexual assault
Event: Victims blast Archdiocese, Cardinal Hundreds of newly exposed documents show extent of sex abuse and cover up in LA Documents show Cardinal personally involved in abuse cases He covered up for abusers, keeping them in ministry for years Other abusers were paid secret salaries or “sent out of town” to avoid police Mahony, church…Continue reading LA Victims to hold media event tomorrow
The complete library of documents can be viewed here. For years, all we heard from Cardinal Roger Mahony was that he “may have made mistakes” and that “new policies would ensure child safety.” Now we know that Cardinal Mahony’s role in the cover-up of child sex abuse in the Los Angeles Archdiocese was hands-on, insidious…Continue reading Mahony’s chickens come home to roost – with links to complete document files