Secrecy Still Prevails in Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal

march 2, 2004  07:31 pm
Secrecy Still Prevails in Catholic Church Sex Abuse Scandal
Cardinal Roger Mahony's three-point plan for handling some 500 claims of molestation by priests continues to exploit those seeking reparations, Jeffrey Anderson writes in L.A. Weekly. He describes how judges, trial lawyers and the media have deferred to the cardinal's desire for secrecy, and says Los Angeles "has become a beehive of intrigue at the expense of the collective psyche of already damaged victims of child rape."