Rome’s Crimes

Archdiocese Says It Didn't Shield Kids From Priests [Excerpts]

By Jean Guccione and Nita Lelyveld

LA Times Staff Writers

October 12 2005

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles allowed at least eight priests to remain in contact with children even after receiving complaints that the clerics had a sexual interest in minors, according to church documents produced in the lawsuits by hundreds of alleged sexual-abuse victims.

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