[maryz]

My guess is because it never happened — just showman Mahony figuring he needs the “sympathy vote” just about now. Isn’t the abuse thing heating up again in LA?

[RobbyS]

Hate to say it, but the guy deserved it. He makes Law look good.

[utahagen]

Up until recently, I worked in downtown Los Angeles, a few blocks from the Cathedral. I know the area well. If Cardinal Mahony got attacked by anyone, it was by one of the homeless people who have made downtown an unpopular place to live, in spite of the billions of dollars that have been invested in residential real estate in the neighborhood over the last ten years. If a homeless person did attack Mahony, it had nothing really to do with the sex scandal, even if that’s what the attacker was yelling about. People who are crazy or bad doesn’t have valid “reasons” for beating people up, so Mahony is dignifying this guy by even repeating what he said. I am very skeptical if this “attack” was much more than the common, albeit frightening, interaction people downtown have with vagrants. If Mahony really was attacked, he owed it to fellow denizens of Los Angeles to tell the police. Since, he chose not to, he does not get “credit” for being a victim. I think Mahony is being disingenuous at best about this supposed attack and I hope the media ignore it.

[jtal]

I’m with you - this smells very fishy.

Were there any other witnesses to this assault?

[mckenzie7]

I would give him the benefit of the doubt and believe him.

When he spoke of what happened to him, it made me think of the many wonderful priests that go about doing God’s work under the eyes of a suspicious public, because of the actions of a few disgusting, perverted priests.

As a cradle Catholic, I have been around Catholic clergy all of my life and have never met one evil priest.

I believe that the devil works overtime to corrupt our priests and also ministers. The more that he brings them down, the more people are led astray.