LOS ANGELES (CA)
Contra Costa Times
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES - Misdemeanor charges were filed against a man who handcuffed himself to Cardinal Roger Mahony's chair during a mass last month to protest the church's handling of child molestation cases involving priests.
James C. Robertson, 58, had filed a lawsuit in state court against the Los Angeles Archdiocese on allegations that he was molested by a priest as a minor.
City prosecutors Friday filed charges of trespassing and disrupting a religious service. If convicted, Robertson faces up to one year in jail and $2,000 in fines.
"It's really about making sure that the rights of the people who want to worship are respected," said archdiocese spokesman Tod Tamberg.