LOS ANGELES (CA)
Monterey County Herald
Posted on Mon, Jun. 27, 2005
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A 58-year-old man was arrested Sunday after he handcuffed himself to Cardinal Roger Mahony's chair during a service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels to protest the church's handling of allegedly abusive priests.
Several thousand people were attending Mass about 11 a.m. when James C. Robertson walked toward the altar and handcuffed himself to the chair, police said.
Mahony, who was delivering the homily about 15 feet away, continued with the service.
After police arrived, Robertson was released from the handcuffs and arrested without incident, officer Grace Brady said.
He was arrested for misdemeanor investigation of disturbing a religious ceremony and released.