[GipperGal]

That was just horrifying. Disgusting. The sicko said he confessed to a priest after each molestation. Why the hell didn't those priests report him?! This doesn't sound like it fits the "Lavender Mafia" motif so often toted around here. Were most of these criminals like this guy or were they in fact going after adolescent boys?

[ninenot]

You may recall the seal of confession? NO priest may "report" the contents of a confession to ANYONE.

[maryz]

The sicko said he confessed to a priest after each molestation. Why the hell didn't those priests report him?!

Seal of confession. No way of knowing whether the confessors made absolution contingent on turning himself in, but probably unlikely.

This doesn't sound like it fits the "Lavender Mafia" motif so often toted around here. Were most of these criminals like this guy or were they in fact going after adolescent boys?

Considering the continuing friendliness of the LA Times to Mahony, I wouldn't discount the possibility that they're running this to reinforce the idea that the scandal was basically pedophilia, whereas some 90%+ of the victims were adolescent boys. Anything to get the focus off homosexuality! (Remember that woman who said she had an affair with Mahony; she was later discredited as schizophrenic, but she seems to have served a purpose.) It would be devious certainly . . . .

I wonder if something big on the LA scandals is due to break.