Southern California Clergy Abuse News

Jeff Anderson & Associates
January 21, 2013

http://abusedinsocal.com/SoCal_Abuse_News.aspx

[A Priest cheat sheet]

[Father Cristobal Garcia O.P. 1985]

[Father Eleuterio Ramos 1975]

[Father James Ford 1987]

[ather Larry Lovell C.M.F. 1985]

[Father Lynn Caffoe 1975]

[Father Matthew Sprouffske O.Carm 1986]

[Father Michael Baker 1986]

[Father Michael Baker 1987]

[Father Nicolas Aguilar Rivera 1987]

[Father Nicolas Aguilar Rivera II 1988]

[Father Santiago Tamayo 1987]

[Monsignor Peter Garcia 1984]

[Monsignor Peter Garcia 1987]

[Wempe LAARCH 021282]

Because of one survivor’s fight in the California Civil Courts against Father Nicolas Aguilar Rivera and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, never seen before documents containing vital evidence of how clergy abuse cases were handled by the Archdiocese are now available for public view.

Portions of the thousands of documents filed in this case are posted on the web site www.abusedinsocal.com. The documents, which were not a part of the documents involved in the 2007 settlements with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, demonstrate that former Archbishop and now Cardinal Roger Mahony knew from his first days in office that priests under his supervision were sexually abusing children in Los Angeles.

The documents further demonstrate that contrary to Mahony’s past claims, he was imtimately involve in handling the sex abuse scandal of priests in Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011 and communicated directly with priest perpetrators and their therapists--just as his predecessors McIntrye and Manning had done before him.

Also included in the documents is evidence that as Archbishop, Mahony worked with his Vicar for Clergy to thwart law enforcement involvement by ordering Pastors to not give Altar Boy lists to LAPD detectives, while at the same time, cozying up to high ranking officers at LAPD Juvenile Division.

And finally, even though Mahony and his Vicars for Clergy were aware of the crimes of the priests, the names of the children, and the names of the families; he did not call law enforcement or child protective services but offered counseling in order to keep his perceived enemies closer.

Mahony, the first native Angeleno to be created Cardinal, now holds the title of Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles.

Questions regarding these documents should be directed to:

Anthony De Marco

Contact: Anthony@DeMarcoLawFirm.com