Action against Cardinal Mahony: Readers Aren't Impressed

By Paul Thornton
Los Angeles Times
February 1, 2013

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-mahony-gomez-mailbag-20120201,0,705928.story

It didn't take too long for Friday's front-page story that Archbishop of Los Angeles Jose Gomez had relieved his predecessor, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, of his public duties for readers to start filling up the morning mailbag. And it wasn't with letters praising Gomez for taking decisive action; to the contrary, the reaction has varied between "it's about time" and "too little, too late."

Letters written in response to the article will likely run in Sunday's paper, and they can also be viewed at latimes.com/letters. Here's what we have so far (and some of these submissions may make it onto Sunday's page).

Charles Fox of Huntington Beach says Gomez shares some guilt:

"Let me see if I've got this right: Gomez became L.A.'s coadjutor archbishop on April 6, 2010. Until last week, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles did everything it could to prevent access to its records of child abuse. After years, the church exhausted all legal procedures and released the records. Thursday evening, Gomez striped Mahony of his remaining public duties and issued a public apology. Does he expect our praise?