How about a Little Spin to Go with Your Files?

By Joelle Casteix
Worthy Adversary
January 31, 2013

http://theworthyadversary.com/1694-how-about-a-little-spin-to-go-with-your-files

[the Los Angeles files]

Moments after a judge ordered a final halt to decades of secrecy by top LA archdiocesan officials, Archbishop Jose Gomez’ lawyer made this outlandish claim:

Michael Hennigan said that after what he called an inevitable “media blitz” over the file release, he hoped the focus would shift to the church’s current well-regarded program for preventing abuse.

“You’ve written almost nothing about what has happened in the last 10 years,” he told reporters outside court. “The church is at the front edge of how to deal with these issues.”

Like keeping files secret for 5 years and allowing predator protectors to keep their jobs? Like fighting victims in civil court? Like accepting priests with criminal convictions? Is that the front edge he’s talking about?