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Mahony did not want to gather and supply Keating with certain requested info because that could have been used by plaintiffs attorneys to bring more lawsuits during this year that the statute of limitations has been suspended.

Well, as they say in the old country, "toughski sh**ski." Mahoney's got to clean up the mess, and if the mess goes back 30 years, then clean it up!

This is as much about PR as it is about reality. If there are charges hanging over clerical heads, the American Catholics don't give a damn about "statutes of limitations." They want all the offenders out of active ministry, and La Mahoney is preventing that.

You can tell that Keating would like to be able to prosecute Mahoney himself, and I wish he could.

"The Don" of Los Angeles and his "omerta" ought to be brought DOWN!

You seem to have some sort of bug up your butt over Mahony. You live in TX, not CA. It seems you are not aware of the obnoxious law that the left wing CA legislature and our beloved Governor, who is a CINO, signed.
That law removed the statute of limitations on all sexual abuse cases no matter how long ago they allegedly happened. For a one year period, the year 2003, anyone can file any case against any religious no matter when the alleged incident(s) happened. The plaintiffs attorneys love it, and cases are coming out of the woodwork with little or nothing to back them up. How many are real and how many are phony, no one knows. What is apparent, however, is that the church and the priests will have a tough time refuting any claims, which likely will result in claimants getting at least some monetary settlement.

I wonder how you would feel if someone filed a case against you today for an incident that allegedly happened 30 years ago. How would you defend against it? In my opinion, if a person believes that he/she has been abused, then that person should have a reasonable finite period in which to take any legal action. Such used to be the case in CA. It no longer is in this case.

This is not a matter of protecting sexual molesters. It is a matter of ensuring and protecting the legal rights of all of us. That same legislature and governor can just as easily decide next year that due to our budget shortfall, the statute of limitations on tax cheating will be removed and the state will start making claims on 30 year old tax returns. Would you be able to produce your tax return records and receipts from 30 years ago?

Mahony is bad news. We here in CA have to live with him. You don't. I live in the next diocese to the south and am sure glad I do. However, an archdiocese casts a big shadow, so we get to see and hear his nonsense all too often. Plus, when we drive into downtown LA, we get to look at the monstrosity of a cathedral that he built as a monument to himself. It is so close to Interstate 5 that some call it Our Lady of the Freeway.