[TSgt]

Americans, of all people, should be able to understand the notion of due process.

Due process?

You mean like the court order the LA Diocese is currently violating after it fought for 6 years to prevent the release of documents related to child sex abuse under a settlement with victims?

When the do the victims get due process?

And the church wonders why society thinks it's a joke!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

And the church wonders why society thinks it's a joke!

You aren't society.

[wideawake]

When the do the victims get due process?

The victims were and are free to pursue criminal complaints in a court of law. While statutes of limitations have run out in many cases, there are other criminal cases they could pursue.

They have chosen to negotiate for cash instead.

Their due process remains intact.

To my knowledge, none of the victims have sought recourse to canonical courts to have Mahony punished and to take away his cardinalate. Then again, there are no cash damages in that.