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[Why Did the Pope Shame LA’s Mahony, But Not Brady of Ireland? – Christian Catholicism]
By
PATRICK COUNIHAN,
IrishCentral Staff Writer
Published Tuesday, February 5, 2013
A leading Catholic lawyer and commentator has slammed the Pope for publicly shaming Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony over clerical child abuse whilst treating Irish Cardinal Sean Brady in an entirely different matter.
Harvard educated Jerry Slevin has aired his views in a hard hitting article published on the popular website ChristianCatholicism.com.
He claims that Cardinal Mahony could be criminally prosecuted after he was ‘publicly shamed’ by Pope Benedict XVI and removed from public life last week.
And he demands to know how the LA Cardinal has been treated so differently to his Irish counterpart.
Slevin writes; “The Pope’s pawn, Archbishop Gomez, publicly referred to Mahony’s child abuse cover-up conduct as evil.
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