LOS ANGELES (CA)
National Catholic Reporter
by Joshua J. McElwee | Feb. 15, 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahony, the retired archbishop of Los Angeles who was been publicly disgraced in past weeks over his handling of priests accused of sex abuse in the 1980s, has written that he is “asking for the grace to endure the level of humiliation.”
“Given all of the storms that have surrounded me and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles recently, God’s grace finally helped me to understand,” Mahony writes in a post on his blog last night.
“I am not being called to serve Jesus in humility,” he continues. “Rather, I am being called to something deeper — to be humiliated, disgraced, and rebuffed by many.”
Mahony, who is 76 years of age, is expected to travel to Rome in coming days to attend the meeting of cardinals that will elect the next head of the Roman Catholic church following Pope Benedict’s pending resignation Feb. 28.
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