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Documents: L.A. Church Covered Up Abuse

Personnel files from a Los Angeles congregation provide another embarrassing revelation for the Roman Catholic church.

FOX News Radio’s Sal Giangrasso reports:

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Church personnel files show that retired Cardinal Roger Mahony and other top Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials worked behind the scenes to shield molester priests, keep parishioners in the dark and provide damage control for the church.  The confidential records filed in a lawsuit against the Archdiocese show how the church handled abuse allegations for decades.

The Los Angeles documents also contain criticism from a top official who condemned leaders for keeping followers in the dark rather than protecting children.  Mahony was out of town, but issued a statement apologizing for his mistakes.

Sal Giangrasso, FOX News Radio.




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2 Comments

  1. glorybe1929

    March 1, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Mahoney is not a truthful person, nor are any of the other people involved in the COVER UP'S OF THE CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDALS RULING THE RCC.

  2. glorybe1929

    March 1, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    Thank you for watching over the comments. Some get pretty bad.
    My husband I were RC'S for over 60 yrs when we left in 2001. Things were so bad in San Diego, with Fr. Paul Shanley, (only being one) retired from\ Boston living in Hillcrest and found by the SDPD to have tried to recruit and molest an 8 yr. old boy from a playground, that he (Fr. Paul ) had volunteered to do for the SDPD.He had bought a motel in Palm Springs with some guy friends from Hilcrest they named the "Boy Man Club".
    He volunteered for playground duty and the PD thought ," how swell to have a retired priest watching over the children". Not so…He's in prison trying to get out…Ha Ha!
    There are so many more stories in the naked city. This only a tiny bit. The church is alive with , whatever you want to call it. IMHO