And no one draws more fire than the first priest of the archdiocese, Cardinal Roger Mahony.
Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, 76, has apologised for his "failure", Archbishop Jose Gomez said on Thursday.
So far, however, Cardinal Roger Mahony has refused to open up the church's files.
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Archdiocese head Cardinal Roger Mahony said he hoped the money would help the victims move forward with their lives.
Gomez also chastised his predecessor, now retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, for shortcomings after victims came forward during his tenure.
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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The Archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony, speaks fluent Spanish.
Some Catholics are calling on Cardinal Keith O'Brien from Scotland and Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former Archbishop of Los Angeles, to refrain from voting in next month's election.
It is telling that Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh and retired Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, who failed dismally to act against abusers in their midst, remain eligible to vote for Benedict's successor.
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During a briefing with reporters at the Vatican last week, Piazzoni was asked about the campaign to keep Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the voting because he covered up sexual abuse by priests.
Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony has made it clear he plans to attend the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope despite criticism of his handling of claims of sexual abuse by priests in the 1980s and 1990s.
Gomez of the Los Angeles Archdiocese disciplined his predecessor, the now retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, after a California judge forced the archdiocese to release about 12, 000 pages of church documents revealing how it handled allegations of abuse.
In a sign of the continuing damage from the crisis, the former archbishop of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony, was recently stripped of his public duties after the archdiocese released thousands of pages of personnel files for 124 priests it suspected of sexually abusing children.
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