LOS ANGELES (CA)
San Bernardino Sun
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
dailynews.com
Posted: 02/13/2013
[Final Addendum to the Report to the People of God – BishopAccountability.org]
[FINAL ADDENDUM
To view the final addendum to the 2004 Report to the People of God, click here.]
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has quietly added the names of two dozen priests and brothers to its list of clergy accused of sexually abusing children.
In a two-page “final addendum” to its 2004 Report to the People of God, which was the church’s response to the growing sex-abuse scandal, the archdiocese said the newly released names included those found during a follow-up review of its files. Some also were named in a lawsuit against the archdiocese, which resulted in a 2007 settlement of $660 million to more than 500 victims.
As part of the settlement, the archdiocese recently released some 12,000 documents detailing allegations of molestation against children, some going back decades. The files also revealed a cover-up of the abuse by Cardinal Roger Mahony, which led to an unprecedented public rebuke of the retired archbishop by his successor.
The list was posted on the archdiocese website at the same time the files were released, although no mention was made of it. The list of 49 names includes two dozen who were not previously known to be accused, according to BishopAccountability.org, which has been tracking sex-abuse in the Catholic Church and discovered the addendum.
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