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Roger Mahony
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Roger Michael Mahony Cardinal Archbishop of Los Angeles
then entered the minor seminary of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at age 14. After graduating from the minor seminary in 1954, Mahony attended Our Lady Queen of Angels Seminary in San Fernando, from where he obtained his Associate of Arts degree in 1956. He then studied at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo from 1956 to 1962, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1958 and later a Bachelor’s in Sacred Theology in 1962.
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Los Angeles July 16, 1985 Incumbent Timothy Manning incumbent May 1, 1962 January 7, 1975 June 28, 1991 Bishop of Stockton
Priesthood
Mahony was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Aloysius Joseph Willinger, C.Ss.R., on May 1, 1962. He was incardinated into the Diocese of Monterey-Fresno, and served as assistant pastor at St. John’s Cathedral until September 1962. He then furthered his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., receiving a Master’s in Social Work in 1964. Upon his return to California, Mahony served as diocesan director of Catholic Charities and Social Services from 1964 to 1970. During this period, he was also executive director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau and of the Infant of Prague Adoption Service, as well as chaplain to the St. Vincent de Paul Society. He taught social work at Fresno State University from 1965 to 1967, and was chairman of the California Association of Catholic Charities Directors from 1965 to 1969. The diocese was divided into the Diocese of Monterey and the Diocese of Fresno in 1967, with Mahony remaining with the latter. He was raised to the rank of Monsignor in February 1967, and became pastor of St. Genevieve’s Parish in Fresno in September of that year. He was named chancellor for the Diocese of Fresno in 1970, and later rector of St. John’s Cathedral in 1973.
February 27, 1936 (1936-02-27) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Roger Michael Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the fourth and current Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991.
Early life and education
Roger Mahony was born in Hollywood, California, to the late Victor James and Loretta Marie (née Baron) Mahony. One of three children, he has an older brother, Neil Anthony, and a twin brother, Louis James. His father worked as a poultry farmer, and the family belonged to St. Charles Borromeo Parish. He attended St. Charles Grammar School in North Hollywood from 1942 to 1950, and
Episcopal career
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Angels, one of the largest Catholic churches in the United States. It was dedicated on September 2, 2002. In 2000, he criticized the tone of the document Dominus Iesus on religious relativism, writing in The Tidings that it "may not fully reflect the deeper understanding that has been achieved through ecumenical and interreligious dialogues over these last 30 years or more". [1] Mahony was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI. Mahony will be eligible to participate in any future conclaves that begin before his 80th birthday on February 27, 2016.
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Civic involvement
Mahony serves on a number of committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, including those on Liturgy and ProLife Activities. He was a member of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (1984-1989) and the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants (1986-1991), Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1989-present), and Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2000-present). He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America.
Coat of arms of Roger Mahony, as found on the cathedra in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles On January 7, 1975, he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Fresno and titular bishop of Tamascani. Mahony received his episcopal consecration on the following March 19 from Bishop of Fresno Hugh Donohue, with Bishops William Johnson and John Stephen Cummins serving as co-consecrators. That year, Governor Jerry Brown appointed Mahony the first chair of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, where he worked with the United Farm Workers and various growers in the state to resolve labor disputes. On February 15, 1980, Mahony was appointed Bishop of Stockton by nuncio Jean Jadot. Mahony has admitted to firing at least two priests for sexual abuse during his tenure at Stockton, although critics believe there were additional cases during this time. On July 16, 1985, Mahony was promoted to Archbishop of Los Angeles, the first native Angeleno to hold the office. Mahony was created Cardinal Priest of Santi Quattro Coronati by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of June 28, 1991. After the former Cathedral of Saint Vibiana was damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Mahony began plans to construct the Cathedral of Our Lady of the
Controversies
Mahony has caused controversy among different segments of people in the Church. Some Catholics were upset about the large amount of money that was spent on the new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, outside of which the Los Angeles Catholic Worker Movement held protests. Mahony defended the expense of the new cathedral to replace the previous earthquake-damaged church citing the need for a community to have a religious center that united people in faith and spirituality.[2] [3] Some Catholics were upset by statements by Mahony on celibacy and the liturgy. Mahony wrote a letter on the Mass entitled "Gather Faithfully Together: A Guide for Sunday Mass".[4] The resulting controversy from this letter over the liturgy and the Eucharist led to a public feud between Mahony and Mother Angelica. [5]
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Mahony spoke out on provisions in immigration bills, such as the Sensenbrenner-King Bill, debated by Congress in late 2005 and 2006. He wrote to President Bush[6] that certain proposed measures would effectively outlaw the provision of charitable assistance and religious ministry to individuals not in valid immigration status. On Ash Wednesday, 2006, Cardinal Mahony announced that he would order the clergy and laity of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles to ignore H.R. 4437 if it were to become law.[7] He personally lobbied senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein to have the Senate consider a comprehensive immigration reform bill, rather than the enforcement-only bill that passed the House of Representatives.[8] Mahony also blamed the Congress for the illegal immigration crisis due to their failure to act on the issue in the previous 20 years, opposed H.R. 4437 as punitive and open to abusive interpretation, and supported S. 2611.[9][10] In July 2007, Mahony claims to have been violently attacked by an assailant who recognized him while he was mailing a letter near the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels; he did not report the incident to police and it only came to public attention after it was mentioned at an October gathering of priests.[11]
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including a nine-month-old baby, in a string of Central California towns for 20 years, was a child molester but failed to keep him away from children. In 1984, a Stockton police investigation into sexual abuse allegations against O’Grady was reportedly closed after diocesan officials promised to remove the priest from any contact with children. Instead, he was reassigned to a parish about 50 miles (80 km) east, in San Andreas, by Mahony where he continued to molest children. Not long after, Mahony was promoted to archbishop of Los Angeles, the largest Catholic diocese in the country. In Deliver Us From Evil, O’Grady says Mahony was "very supportive and very compassionate and that another situation had been smoothly handled". Mahony denies knowing that O’Grady was a child molester. [13] However, the documentary provided copies of letters between Mahony and O’Grady during this time. The letters also were a subject of discussion in Mahony’s deposition in a civil lawsuit related to O’Grady. Mahony, under oath, denied knowing of O’Grady’s activity despite evidence to the contrary. During one particular line of questioning, Mahony was asked why he claimed not to remember multiple allegations of rape by one of his own subordinates (O’Grady) when he was the Bishop of Stockton. Mahony was advised by his attorney not to answer the question.[14]
Sexual abuse cases
The sexual abuse scandal in Los Angeles archdiocese is a major chapter in the series of Catholic sex abuse cases in the United States.
Episcopal succession
Episcopal Lineage Consecrated by: Hugh Aloysius Donohue
Challenging aspects of investigations of sexual abuse
Mahony appealed an attempt to gain access to church documents relating to sexual abuse all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court refused to hear the appeal, and the decision required the archdiocese to comply with a subpoena from the Los Angeles County District Attorney for letters to the former priests and notes from counseling sessions conducted by the church.[12]
Date of consecration: March 19, 1975 Consecrator of Bishop George Patrick Ziemann Armando Xavier Ochoa Carl Anthony Fisher Sylvester Donovan Ryan Joseph Martin Sartoris Thomas John Curry Gabino Zavala Date of consecration February 23, 1987 February 23, 1987 February 23, 1987 May 31, 1990
Oliver O’Grady
The 2006 documentary Deliver Us From Evil is based on accusations that Mahony, while serving as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Stockton, knew that Oliver O’Grady, a priest who sexually abused children,
Stephen Edward Blaire May 31, 1990 March 19, 1994 March 19, 1994 March 19, 1994
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George Hugh Niederauer Gerald Eugene Wilkerson Edward William Clark Oscar Azarcon Solis Alexander Salazar January 25, 1995 January 21, 1998 March 26, 2001 February 10, 2004 November 4, 2004
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immigration/a/RMahony.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. [7] Donald Kerwin (2006-05-08). "Immigration reform: what the Catholic Church knows". Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.. http://www.catholic.org/views/ views_news.php?id=19737&pid=0. Retrieved on 2007-05-11. [8] John L. Allen, Jr. (2006-04-14). "Mahony on immigration". National Catholic Reporter. http://ncronline.org/ NCR_Online/archives2/2006b/041406/ 041406h.php. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. [9] "Cardinal Mahony speaks out on immigration reform". Day to Day (National Public Radio). 2006-03-29. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/ story.php?storyId=5309235. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. [10] "Catholic Church officials spurn immigration reform plan". American Morning (CNN). 2006-03-29. http://transcripts.cnn.com/ TRANSCRIPTS/0603/29/ltm.05.html. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. [11] Lopez, Steve (2007-12-23). "Mission: Bringing Mahony mugger to justice". Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/ news/printedition/california/la-melopez23dec23,1,3658914,full.column. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [12] Archibold, Randal C (2006-04-18). "Archdiocese Loses Case to Keep Former Priests’ Records Secret". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/ 18/washington/18church.html?_r=1. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [13] Hamlin, Jesse (2006-10-25). "A former priest molested kids in California parishes. Now he talks in a chilling documentary.". San Francisco Chronicle. http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/ a/2006/10/25/DDGDQLUMCM1.DTL. Retrieved on 2008-03-09. [14] Berg, Amy J. (2006). Deliver Us From Evil. Lions Gate Entertainment.
See also
• Roman Catholic sex abuse cases • Roman Catholic priests accused of sex offenses • Crimen sollicitationis • Pontifical Secret • Deliver Us from Evil (2006 film) • Sex Crimes and the Vatican (Panorama Documentary Episode)
References
[1] Dominus Iesus: An Ecclesiological Critique [2] Farrell, Michael J (1999-04-09). "Los Angeles Cathedral - controversy over the construction of the church for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles". National Catholic Reporter. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/ mi_m1141/is_23_35/ai_54442574. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [3] Nelson, Mike (2002-09-11). "New Los Angeles cathedral dedicated, opened to the world". Catholic News Service. http://www.archden.org/dcr/archive/ 20020911/2002091106wn.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [4] Cardinal Roger Mahony (1997-09-04). "Gather Faithfully Together: A Guide for Sunday Mass". Archdiocese of Los Angeles. http://staparish.net/refs/ gather.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [5] Jim Holman (January 1998). "You and I Are Not the Eucharist, You and I Are Poor Sinners: Mother Angelica on Mahony". Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission. http://www.losangelesmission.com/ed/ articles/1998/0198ms2.htm. Retrieved on 2008-03-08. [6] White, Deborah (2006-05-19). "Catholic Cardinal Mahony Slams House Bill HR 443". About.com: US Liberal Politics. http://usliberals.about.com/od/
External links
• The Cardinal’s website • Profile of Cardinal Mahony at Los Angeles Archdiocese website • Profile of Cardinal Mahony at catholichierarchy.org
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Preceded by Merlin Joseph Guilfoyle Preceded by Timothy Manning Bishop of Stockton 1980–1985 Archbishop of Los Angeles 1985–present
Roger Mahony
Succeeded by Donald William Montrose Succeeded by Incumbent
• Cardinal Mahony speech at National Press Club, delivered 25-05-2000 • "Called By God To Help", editorial by Cardinal Mahony in The New York Times, published 2006-03-22
SHORT American prelate of the DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic Church DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH 27 February 1936 Hollywood, California
Persondata NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mahony, Roger Michael
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