PROFILE
FROM Dennis Coday
UK's Top Cardinal Stepping Down, Skipping Conclave Britain's Senior Catholic official has stepped down removing himself from the Conclave of Cardinals scheduled to pick the next Pope. Did the Vatican push out Cardinal Keith Patrick O'Brien because priests accused him of "inappropriate" sexual behavior? Dennis Coday, Editor of the National Catholic Reporter , joins us from Rome.
The Legacy of Cardinal Roger Mahony Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony has apologized for decades of protecting child abusers from criminal law. But Archbishop José Gomez has relieved him of "public duties" anyway. Mahony says that, once he understood the magnitude of the crimes he was covering up he instituted a system of child protection. The recent release of tens of thousands of unedited documents — and the Archbishop's action — have raised questions about Mahony's legacy as the long-time leader of the largest Catholic Archdiocese in America. We hear from KCRW's Saul Gonzalez, who went to St. Andrew's Catholic Church in Pasadena yesterday and spoke with parishioners after the 8am mass, from reporters following the story and an attorney for some of the victims.
Mahony's Handling of Sex Abuse Scandal Gets a Rare Rebuke Last night the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles posted tens of thousands of documents involving the sexual abuse of children by 122 priests — without covering up any names. Archbishop José Gomez took unprecedented action against his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, barring him from any public ministry. Dennis Coday is Editor of the National Catholic Reporter , an independent news outlet.
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