Cardinal Mahony's Removal Not Enough, Church Critics Say

Los Angeles Times
February 1, 2013

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2013/02/cardinal-mahonys-removal-not-enough-church-critics-say.html

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez's decision to relieve Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of all public duties over his mishandling of clergy sex abuse of children decades ago does not go far enough, some abuse victim advocates said Friday.

David Clohessy, director of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said the massive volume of files on abuse that the archdiocese released Thursday evening "reveals the horrors in black and white that victims have known for so long.”

But Clohessy and other church critics said they believe Gomez's action does not go far enough, noting Mahony remains a cardinal in good standing in the church.

“Cardinal Mahony remains a man of power within the church despite all that he has done,” Clohessy said.