Posts Tagged Los Angeles Times
Statute of Limitations May Thwart Prosecutions in L.A.
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Clergy Sexual Abuse, Statutes of Limitations, Voice of the Faithful on January 23, 2013
Church Sex Abuse Files Unlikely to Lead to Charges, Experts Say
Statute of limitations is the main stumbling block to prosecuting Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and aides in the sex abuse files from the 1980s released this week, experts say … A nearly insurmountable barrier is the statute of limitations. A quarter-century has passed since Mahony and his chief aide for sex abuse cases, Msgr. Thomas J. Curry, wrote memos outlining strategies to prevent police investigations of three priests who had admitted abusing boys. The 1986 and 1987 letters fall decades beyond the three-year statute of limitations for felonies such as child endangerment, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit those offenses.” By Harriet Ryan, Ashley Powers and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
Court-Ordered Release of Confidential Church Documents in L.A. Reveals Priests Confession, Leads to Man’s Relief
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in church reform, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Voice of the Faithful on January 17, 2013
A Priest’s Confession, a Man’s Relief
For years, Damian Eckert had been part of an effort to pry confidential files from clergy members at the now-closed St. Anthony’s Seminary in Santa Barbara who’d been accused of molesting children. The battle over releasing thousands of once-secret pages went all the way to the California Supreme Court.” By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times
These secret documents were made public this past May, but were redacted to remove the names of Church hierarchy, like Cardinal Roger Mahony, so that the Church would not be further embarrassed. A recent court order has made the non-redacted documents public.
Will court allow Church to redact abuse files? Decision slated for Monday, Dec. 17
Posted by Voice of the Faithful in Voice of the Faithful on December 11, 2012
Priest Abuse Files May Be Released without Church Officials’ Names
At a judge’s direction, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles redacted the identities of members of the church hierarchy. But another judge has the final say.
In its landmark $660-million settlement with victims of sexual abuse five years ago, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles agreed to make public the confidential personnel records of all priests accused of molesting children … But the documents have been scrubbed of what many regard as the most important information: the identities of the members of the church hierarchy who reshuffled abusers.” By Harriet Ryan and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 7, 2012
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