LOS ANGELES (CA)
The Irish Sun
By JOHN BRESLIN
AN Irish bishop has quit after being accused of protecting evil priests who molested children.
Top cleric Thomas Curry, of Cavan, resigned from his post in Santa Barbara, California, on foot of thousands of files detailing horrific abuse of kids.
Curry, 70, could face criminal charges as prosecutors in Los Angeles confirmed they are reviewing the documents. His former boss Cardinal Roger Mahony, 76, was sacked and stripped of all public and administrative duties.
Both churchmen are accused of sending pervert priests out of state to avoid police scrutiny.
Mahony and Curry also tried to keep clerics sent away to a Church-run paedophile treatment centre from revealing their deeds to private therapists. The counsellors would have been obligated to report the alleged crimes to the police
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