CALIFORNIA
Contra Costa Times
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
dailynews.com
Posted: 02/02/2013
A letter from Archbishop Jose Gomez expressing his anguish about newly released sex-abuse files will be read during Mass on Sunday to Roman Catholics around Los Angeles, who will also hear pleas for donations to the region’s poorest parishes.
At St. Bartholomew’s Church in Long Beach, Monsignor Bernard Leheny plans to interject his own request – that parishioners put aside their anger at clergy implicated in the ongoing scandal and focus instead on living the tenets of their faith.
“The hurt has been resurrected by the bad publicity and the mistakes that were made,” Leheny said. “I worry that will hurt the poor parishes if people hold back (on donations).
“But the church has made tremendous progress in the protection of children. All the people who deal with children – not just the clergy, but lay ministers – have taken training sessions so they can be aware.
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