"This is such an American story in the French mind, " said Mr. O'Mahony of the Duggars.
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And no one draws more fire than the first priest of the archdiocese, Cardinal Roger Mahony.
He and Mahony are identified as defendants in one of the lawsuits, Finaldi said.
Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals' conclave voting for a new pope.
Tod Tamberg, an archdiocese representative with Mahony in Rome, referred all inquiries to Hennigan.
Cardinal Mahony has publicly apologised for mistakes he made handling the clerical sex abuse issue.
But a victims' support group said Cardinal Mahony's reprimand was too little, too late.
Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, 76, has apologised for his "failure", Archbishop Jose Gomez said on Thursday.
Also on Friday, Mahony posted on his personal blog a response he sent to Gomez.
Mahony hasn't had administrative duties since his retirement in March 2011, archdiocese spokesman Tod M.
But Mahony was not as much as denounced when he was in power, Clohessy said.
So far, however, Cardinal Roger Mahony has refused to open up the church's files.
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Though the other three lawsuits don't list Baker and Mahony as defendants, Finaldi said they are indeed defendants.
The letter provides "the history and context of what we have been through since the mid-1980s, " Mahony said.
Archdiocese head Cardinal Roger Mahony said he hoped the money would help the victims move forward with their lives.
Fidelma O'Mahony, a gynaecologist at the North Staffordshire Hospital, in Britain, and her colleagues, think they have invented one.
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They showed both Bishop Curry and Cardinal Mahony had helped to shield accused priests from investigation in the 1980s.
Gomez also chastised his predecessor, now retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, for shortcomings after victims came forward during his tenure.
Gomez cited Mahony for serious shortcomings after victims came forward during his tenure.
Cardinal Mahony's uncompromising stance is winning him few friends, but it does have a certain legal and financial logic.
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Meanwhile, Cardinal Mahony is due to provide evidence in a separate case over visiting Mexican priest Reverend Nicolas Aguilar Rivera.
Court records show former Cardinal Roger Mahony maneuvered behind the scenes to shield molester priests in the Los Angeles archdiocese.
This is a further embarrassment for the archdiocese and especially for Cardinal Roger Mahony, says the BBC's Jane Little in Washington.
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Roger Mahony is archbishop of America's largest, and very Hispanic, archdiocese, Los Angeles, and will soon be succeeded by a Latino.
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Church law requires that Mahony attend, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said.
Cardinal Mahony retired in 2011, having run the archdiocese for 25 years.
"Effective immediately, I have informed Cardinal Mahony that he will no longer have any administrative or public duties, " Gomez said in a statement.
The closest Mr. O'Mahony has gotten: a feature about former Arkansas legislator Jim Bob Duggar, his wife and their family of 19 home-schooled children.
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Two groups seeking to stop Mahony's participation in the election said Saturday they have collected nearly 10, 000 signatures on a petition against his involvement.
Mahony "expressed his sorrow" for the alleged abuse, which victims reported during his tenure as archbishop from 1984 to 2011, the archdiocese said Friday.
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