April 18, 2006
Los Angeles Cardinal Rebuffed by Supreme Court
Posted at April 18, 2006 8:07 AM in Sex Abuse in the Church
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Roger Cardinal Mahony lost his bid to keep secret correspondence between his office and priests accused of child abuse. Mahony had argued that such documents were protected by the First Amendment. The US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal effectively letting stand a California appellate court's decision to reject the consitutional appeal. This is good news for prosecutors as well as those interested in protecting children form sexual predators.
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