From Raw Story: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/02/retired-la-cardinal-roger-mahony-claims-he-didnt-know-how-to-deal-with-sex-abuse-claims/
By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A US Catholic cardinal stripped of his duties said Friday he didn’t know how to handle sex abuse claims, as he had not learned about it at college—drawing withering criticism from victims.
Retired Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony wrote on his blog that he was not taught about child sexual abuse, a day after was relieved of all administrative and public duties” by the current archbishop of LA.
On Thursday the LA archdiocese also released files on more than 100 clerics, as required under a 2007 lawsuit deal over alleged sex abuse.
“Nothing in my own background or education equipped me to deal with this grave problem,” Mahony wrote, in an open letter to LA Archbishop Jose Gomez, who succeeded Mahony in 2011.
“In two years (1962-1964) spent in graduate school earning a Masters Degree in Social Work, no textbook and no lecture ever referred to the sexual abuse of children,” he said.
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See also LA Times: Mahony defends actions in abuse cases
See Also SF Gate: ‘Mea Maxima Culpa’ review: Devastating
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