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Quote of the Day: Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez

“The behavior described in these files is terribly sad and evil. There is no excuse, no explaining away what happened to these children. The priests involved had the duty to be their spiritual fathers and they failed.”

Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez on the cover up of clergy sexual abuse by his predecessor, Cardinal Roger Mahony, and his aides.

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