LOS ANGELES (CA)
CBS Los Angeles
[with video]
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) —There is worldwide outrage that former Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony will be part of next month’s papal conclave in Rome.
A poll by an influential Italian Catholic magazine found that an overwhelming majority of its readers don’t want Mahony to be part of the papal conclave to select the next pope after Pope Benedict XVI finalizes his retirement.
“It’s a total slap in the face to victims of sexual abuse — and to Catholics,” Joelle Casteix, a victim of sex abuse at the hands of a priest, said. Casteix is also the western regional director of SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests.
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