Gay-Friendly Cdl. Mahony Has a Problem

Several hundred million dollars in payouts, so far.

And a Federal criminal investigation/grand jury is rumored to be in action here.

It is NOT a coincidence.

Cardinal Mahony, a celebrity among activists who seek to overturn Catholic Church teaching on homosexuality, is known for breaking with Catholic Church hierarchy to support the homosexualist cause. His "gay-friendly" views have clashed in the past with the Vatican on a matter touching the heart of the sex-abuse scandal.

In 2005 the L.A. archdiocese dismissed a Vatican directive barring homosexual men from the priesthood. That Vatican directive was widely interpreted as a direct response to the sex-abuse crisis, and was backed up by a study commissioned by the U.S. bishops' conference that found that 80-90% of clerical sex abuse was perpetrated against adolescent males (ephebophilia), not prepubescent boys (pedophilia).

Regardless, the Vatican directive barring homosexuals from Ordination still stands.

Mahony? Still standing, but not for long.

HT: LSN