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Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 22, 2013 \/ 04:00 pm (CNA<\/a>).- As former priests face litigation over sexual abuse, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has renewed its commitment to protect the young people of the Church.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cNo institution has learned more from mistakes made decades ago in dealing with priests who have abused young people than the Archdiocese of Los Angeles,\u201d said a Jan. 22 release from the archdiocese.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe past cannot be changed, but we have learned from it. We are justifiably proud of our record of child protection in the 21st century, and we remain vigilant against all that would harm our children and young people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Los Angeles Times published a story Jan. 21 saying that 25 years ago, in the late 1980s, archdiocesan officials tried to hide sex abuse cases from police.<\/p>\n

\tThe paper's story is based on personnel files dating from 1986 and 1987 which were filed as evidence in pending litigation involving two former priests.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have apologized for the sad and shameful actions of some priests,\u201d the archdiocese stated, \u201cas well as for our inadequate responses in assisting victims and in dealing with perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cFor more than a decade, however, few institutions have done as much as the Los Angeles Archdiocese to promptly report abuse allegations to civil authorities, to screen all those who supervise children, and to train adults and children in the latest abuse prevention procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tMuch of what the L.A. Times discusses are memos between Los Angeles\u2019 former archbishop, Cardinal Roger Mahony, and then-Monsignor Thomas Curry, who was vicar of clergy at the time. Msgr. Curry was consecrated a bishop in 1994, and since that time has served as one of the auxiliary bishops of the Los Angeles archdiocese.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Mahony stated Jan. 21 that his \u201cthoughts and prayers\u201d are with the victims of the \u201csinful abuse\u201d committed by Catholic clergy.<\/p>\n

\tHe wrote that the archdiocese took steps towards safeguarding children beginning in 1987 and that they progressed \u201cas we learned more about\u2026the ineffectiveness of so-called \u2018treatments\u2019 at the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal, who retired in 2011, recounted his meetings with the victims of abuse. He said he offered them his \u201cpersonal apology\u201d and \u201ctook full responsibility\u2026for my own failure to protect fully the children and youth entrusted to my care.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe said he keeps the names of victims and their abusers on the altar of his private chapel and that \u201cevery single day\u201d he prays for the victims, each of whom is \u201cprecious in God\u2019s eyes and deserving of my own prayer and sacrifices for them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBishop Curry also released a statement, saying Jan. 22 that he wishes to \u201capologize for those instances when I made decisions regarding the treatment and disposition of clergy accused of sexual abuse that in retrospect appear inadequate or mistaken.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe also expressed sympathy for the victims of abuse by clergy and said he has \u201ccome to a fuller understanding over the years of the causes and treatment of sexual abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBishop Curry noted that in his pastoral region, Santa Barbara, he has \u201cfully implemented\u2026the Archdiocese\u2019s policies and procedures for reporting abuse, screening those who supervise children, and abuse prevention training for adults and children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Mahony concluded, \u201cIt remains my daily and fervent prayer that God\u2019s grace will flood the heart and soul of each victim, and that their life-journey continues forward with ever greater healing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe ex-priests facing pending litigation are, according to the L.A. archdiocese, Nicholas Aguilar Rivera and Michael Baker. Rivera served in Los Angeles in 1987 and 1988, when he returned to Mexico, where he was from. Baker was ordained in 1974, and resigned from the priesthood in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Los Angeles, Calif., Jan 22, 2013 \/ 04:00 pm (CNA).- As former priests face litigation over sexual abuse, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles has renewed its commitment to protect the young people of the Church.<\/p>\n

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