LOS ANGELES (CA)
ABC 7
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A man who handcuffed himself to Cardinal Roger Mahony's chair during services today at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels was later arrested by police.
The man — who is an alleged victim of sexual abuse by a clergyman — was taken into custody, apparently on a misdemeanor count of disrupting a religious service, said Tod Tamberg, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The man — whose first name is Jim — was taken into custody without incident, Tamberg said. There were no injuries.
The incident occurred as about 3,000 people attended Mass this morning at the downtown cathedral. An estimated 200 demonstrators were outside the cathedral at the time to protest what they say is Mahony's continuing cover-up of sex abuse crimes in the church.
This morning's demonstration outside the cathedral was organized by the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, or SNAP.
Posted by kshaw at June 27, 2005 07:15 AM