Apology from Los Angeles cardinal

MSNBC ^ | May 16, 2002 | MSNBC

[CWW]

The good Cardinal has been hoisted upon his oiwn petard because he ahs been very supportive of the homosexual community and has turned a blind eye to orthodox Catholics. He sewed the wind, now let him reap the whirlwind.

[Tennessee_Bob]

How nice. He apologized. Now, let's see if he can get prosecuted for allowing that predator to continue in what he was doing.

[NYer]

BTTT

[VOA]

The good Cardinal has been hoisted upon his oiwn petard ...

At the least he should be prosecuted for creating that public eye-sore the "Taj-Mahoney",
the butt-ugly cathedral that Mahoney has foisted on his flock.

(That's not Catholic bashing...that's the opinion of a fair number of Southern California Catholics.)

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

LA Cardinal Apologizes for Transfer

[Catholicguy]

His own actions (and inactions) applied the bull's-eye to the back of his Chasuble. The arrows speeding towards the target are the depositions and lawsuits he will face and there are PLENTY of them in the quiver of the lawyers

(That metaphor was WAY overdone)

[Endeavor]

Note that his apology was to his fellow priests. No mention of an apology to the victims and their relatives.

[CdMGuy]

What's the matter you? You don't like Roger's new digs? You have a problem just because the cathedral sits damn near in the middle of the Hollywood Fwy? Hey, shut up, sit down, and say your prayers. Be a good Catholic boy. His Eminence has spoken. Beg his forgiveness.

[Siobhan]

Cardinal Mahony has an openly homosexual priest on his personal staff -- and that openly homosexual priest is living with his male lover.

Cardinal Mahony is as fake as a Hollywood set. His blind ambition to be the first American Pope is disgusting, and he is as guilty, guilty, guilty as sin.

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[VOA]

You don't like Roger's new digs?

You got that right!
Although my work is usually in the West LA/UCLA area, I had to go downtown for a couple of
days last summer (2001).
I was entranced with the curving steel girder skeleton of the new Disney Music Hall
(Gehry design), but looked at the new cathedral and said "I could have done better than that!".

I usually don't go for public excoriations, but the criticism heaped on the "Taj Mahoney"
by Catholics and folks of all/no persuasions has been a bit of a guilty pleasure for me!

[yendu bwam]

Cardinal Mahony is as fake as a Hollywood set. His blind ambition to be the first American Pope is disgusting, and he is as guilty, guilty, guilty as sin.

Cardinal Mahoney is the Hillary Clinton of the Catholic Church. Not a word he says hasn't been vetted by a public relations firm; not a word he ways is sincere. Finally, like Hillary, he believes that constantly stating lies about his involvement in a horrific crisis will make the public forget about the truth. Cardinal Mahoney has been a very, very good friend of many homosexual molesters in the Church (a number of whom stayed at his place of residence over many years). You can be assured that whatever he is saying to the public at any time is total baloney.

[CdMGuy]

Cardinal Roger Mahoney is Governor Grey Davis in priest's garb. Is not so? They certainly sound alike.

[Cicero]

As your archbishop, I assume full responsibility

Shades of Janet Reno. As I recall, she too stood up and took "full responsibility" for frying all those children at Waco. But what did taking responsibility mean, in the end? Nothing. She did nothing. She suffered no consequences. She went on doing similar things for many more years.

She should have resigned, and so should Cardinal Mahoney, who is, indeed, one of the worst prelates in the Catholic Church.

[yendu bwam]

Cardinal Roger Mahoney is Governor Grey Davis in priest's garb. Is not so? They certainly sound alike.

And they both treat their consituencies as if they were idiots.

[CdMGuy]

Disney Hall's steel frame reminded me of a pretzel. It must have been a nightmare to fabricate and then to install those steel girders.

In case you haven't already seen the architect's rendering of the inside of the new cathedral, I can assure you, it is as ugly as the outside. Very modern and stark design.

If you want to see some ornate Catholic church-work, stop by the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC some time. Don't miss the basement, with lots of altars, each to a different saint.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Arguably, [sarcasm alert] bad architecture is the worse crime. People will still have to look at that long after all the current homosexual abusers and pedophiles are dead and buried.

As if that weren't enough... Has the shooting of an accused homosexual priest grabbed enough of the attention of the bishops and cardinals?

[Bigg Red]

Too little, too late, Cardinal. It's time for you and your ilk to go.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

re: ominous Mahoney:Hillary parallels

It just gets down to whether she looks more like a lesbian than he does a homo...or the other way around.

[yendu bwam]

Note that his apology was to his fellow priests. No mention of an apology to the victims and their relatives.

It's so exquisitely offensive. Again, the welfare of children comes last...