LOS ANGELES (CA)
Redlands Daily Facts
By Susan Abram and Barbara Jones, Staff Writersdailynews.com
Cardinal Roger Mahony, who has stood at the center of the Los Angeles Archdiocese clergy sex abuse scandal after mounting evidence showed he shielded pedophile priests from law enforcement, has been relieved of all public duties, Archbishop Jose Gomez announced late Thursday.
Gomez’s unexpected announcement came as the archdiocese, under court order, released some 12,000 documents from the internal personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse.
“Effective immediately, I have informed Cardinal Mahony that he will no longer have any administrative or public duties,” Gomez said in a written statement.
He also said auxiliary Bishop Thomas Curry, who served as Mahony’s vicar of clergy and his point person on sex abuse cases, has stepped down as regional bishop of Santa Barbara.
“I have accepted his request to be relieved of his responsibility,” Gomez said.
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