CALIFORNIA
KCOY
[with video]
By Liberty Zabala
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Dark days fall upon the Catholic Church as files upon files of alleged child sex abuse finally come to light.
Letters between Archdiocese of Los Angeles – Santa Barbara Region Bishop Thomas J. Curry and Cardinal Roger Mahony show they knew about alleged child sex abuse but choose to cover it up.
“You can imagine what the church has to lose,” says Child Sex Abuse Therapist Nancy Gutfreund. “You’re supposed to be an organization that completely protects its people and when there’s damage done nobody wants to admit it.”
But Bishop Curry was forced to, releasing this statement saying:
“I wish to apologize for those instances when I made decisions regarding the treatment and disposition of clergy accused of sexual abuse that in retrospect appear inadequate or mistaken.”
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