LOS ANGELES (CA)
Contra Costa Times
By Barbara Jones, Staff Writer
dailynews.com
Posted: 02/04/2013
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said Monday that it raised red flags with Los Angeles Unified about a pedophile priest before the district hired him as a community liaison in 2002.
Monsignor Craig Cox filled out a reference questionnaire in 2001 for former priest Joseph Pina, saying he was “not the most stable of individuals” and recommending that he not be hired.
Cox also answered “no” when asked if Pina had carried out his job with the archdiocese in an “ethical and safe manner” and whether he’d be hired again.
The questionnaire was provided Monday by the archdiocese as officials scrambled to determine how a priest implicated in the clerical abuse scandal had gone on to work for the school district.
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