LOS ANGELES (CA)
CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Some local Catholics don’t feel Cardinal Roger Mahony should be able to participate in the upcoming papal conclave in Rome.
The organization, Catholics United, tells CBSLA and KNX 1070 Newsradio that they want the cardinal to recuse himself from the closed-door conference slated for next month in Rome in light of his alleged cover-up of a church sex abuse scandal.
“We just think it’s just wrong for him to go. He actually has written a letter saying sorry. And if he’s really sorry, he shouldn’t act like that,” said Andrea Leon-Grossmann, a local member.
Mahony will be among 120 men and women called to participate in the College of Cardinals to help pick the next pope following Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement this week that he will be stepping down as Pontiff on Feb. 28.
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