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AMAZING CONNECTIONS
LENTEN AND HOLY WEEK EMAILS
FROM MAHONY AND HIS INNER CIRCLE
March 13, 2002 — April 3, 2002
The Complete Text in Chronological Order with Commentary
Reading Copy—Preliminary Draft
July 18, 2003
A Production of
This edition of the Mahony emails
is dedicated to the “anonymous individual”
who made them public.
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me,
it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he were cast into the sea.
Mark 9:42
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Keating and the Mahony Emails
Creating a Readable Version
Context
Who’s Who
Photographs of Some Email Writers
The Emails
March 13, 2002
1. PR Challenges of the Haigh Settlement, Goldberg
2. Reporting Laws, Nussbaum
3. Scheduling a Meeting to Discuss Reporting, McNicholas
4. Scheduling a Meeting to Discuss Reporting, Goldberg
5. Scheduling a Meeting to Discuss Reporting, McNicholas
March 14, 2002
6. Arranging Call to Discuss Fr. Tony Mcdonnell, Goldberg
7. More on Tony Mcdonnell, McNicholas
March 19, 2002
8. Fr. Dominic Savino & Fr. Peter Luizzi, Loomis
March 20, 2002
9. Background on Savino & Luizzi, Murphy
10. Responding to Delgadillo on Training, Mahony
11. Problems of Delgadillo Training, McNicholas
12. Whether to Remove Luizzi, McNicholas
13. Selecting Delgadillo Trainees, McNicholas
14. Response to Delgadillo (No Training), McNicholas
15. “Safe Folks” for Delgadillo Training, Mahony
March 21, 2002
16. Reporting Savino & Adding to the Rucker File, Murphy
March 22, 2002
17. Bishop Arzube’s Quiet Handling of Savino (?), Mahony
18. Summaries of Fr. Mcgowan & Fr. Hill, Cox
19. Carmelite’s Lawyer in Savino Case, McNicholas
20. Fr. Kearney of St. Francis High Removed, Loomis
21. St. Francis High School: No Message, McNicholas
March 24, 2002
22. Fr. Granadino Accused and Removed, Cox
23. More Detail on Granadino’s Removal, Cox
24. Mahony Reacts to News About Granadino, Mahony
March 25, 2002
25. Likely Turnout for 3/25 Chrism Mass, Loomis
26. Parishes & Removed Priests at 3/25 Press Conference, Cox
27. Feedback on Prep for Chrism Mass, Cox
28. Only the Facts in Meet with Sheriffs, Murphy
March 26, 2002
29. Thank You After Meet with Sheriffs, Cox
30. Press Reaction to Exchange with DA, Mahony
March 27, 2002
31. Big Mistake of Not Pretending on 3 Priests, Mahony
32. Individual Reporting: How to Tell Parks, Mahony
33. Making Transcript in Hickman Accusation, Arviso
34. Plan for Responding to Hickman Accusation, Mahony
35. Message to Fresno PD on Hickman, McNicholas
36. Instruct Parks & He Will Leak the Letter, Mahony
37. Planning Letter to Parks, McNicholas
38. One Change to Parks Letter, McNicholas
39. Instructing and Leaking Again, Mahony
40. Teachable Moment for Parks, Mahony
March 28, 2002
41. Planning Fresno PD’s Interview with Mahony, Mahony
42. Releasing the Parks Letter Ahead of the Curve, Mahony
43. Parks Letter on How We Act Now, Mahony
44. Clarification for Mixed-Up Media, Mahony
45. Reporting Wasn’t Contemporaneous, Cox
46. Warning Priests Who Were Reported to LAPD, Mahony
47. Cardinals’ Confidential Call with Gregory, Mahony
48. Priests Reported “Previously” Not “Duly,” Goldberg
49. Letter to Parks Is Excellent, McNicholas
March 29, 2002
50. Talking with Fr. Gael Sullivan, Loomis
51. Sullivan Says No Arrest at St. Dominic Savio, Cox
March 30, 2002
52. Meeting Victims: Spiritual Victims’ Group?, Mahony
53. Making Sure That All 8 Priests Were Referred, Mahony
54. Handling an Accusation of Priest with History, Loomis
55. Forgetting an Abuser; Feeding the LAPD; Baker, Murphy
March 31, 2002
56. Excuses for Forgetting; Numbers; the Dear Sheriffs, Murphy
April 1, 2002
57. Stonewalling on Names Until Interest Wanes, Mahony
58. Refer Pat H Because We’d Be Vulnerable, Mahony
59. Informing Pat H Before Reporting Him, Mahony
60. Passing Along Baker’s Info, Cox
61. Evaluating Pat H and Putting Him in a Parish, Cox
62. Contacting Pat H, Cox
April 2, 2002
63. Transcript Is Complete in Hickman Case, McNicholas
64. Reminder: Transcript Complete in Hickman Case, McNicholas
65. Fresno, Fundraising, Confirmations, and R&R, Mahony
April 3, 2002
66. Interview with Stammer of the LA Times, Mahony
67. Msgr. Matt Kelly’s Past Difficulties, Mahony
68. Fr. Michael Wempe at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Miller
69. Priests As Mandated Reporters, Miller
APPENDIX OF RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
A. “Mahony Ousts Priests,” Stammer and Lobdell, LA Times, 3/4/02
B. “Simple Suggestions for Mahony,” Lopez, LA Times, 3/13/02
C. “Chrism Mass Homily,” Mahony,” 3/25/02
D. “Rip the Veil of Secrecy, Editorial,” LA Times, 3/27/02
E. “LAPD Already Has Facts on Priests, Mahony Says,” Winton, LA Times, 3/29/02
F. “Victims Crushed in a Priestly Silence,” Lopez, LA Times, April 3, 2002
G. “Mahony Says Victims' Requests Led to Secrecy,” Larry B. Stammer, LA Times, 4/3/02
H. “Mahony E-Mail Talks of ‘Our Big Mistake,’” Garrison, LA Times, 4/5/02
I. “Mahony E-Mails Cite Fears Over Scandals,” Stammer and Winton, LA Times, 4/6/02
J. “Sheriff's Department Set to Wrap Up Azusa Priest Investigation,” , 4/12/02
Keating and the Mahony Emails
Gov. Frank Keating’s criticism of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony in a Los Angeles Times interview (6/12/03) and Keating’s subsequent resignation should prompt a fresh look at a batch of chancery emails that were leaked to a Los Angeles radio station in April 2002. The emails are of enduring interest for several reasons.
Keating got on Mahony’s bad side recently by calling him a bishop “who listen[s] too much to his lawyer and not enough to his heart.” Sure enough, the leaked emails show Mahony intensely engaged with not one or two but five lawyers, and their exchanges are not motivated by a concern for the victims of sexual abuse. The emails illustrate Mahony’s early efforts “to suppress the names of offending clerics, to deny, to obfuscate, to explain away,” as Keating would later say in his resignation letter. After some of the emails were read on the air by talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Champou, in a broadcast from the sidewalk in front of Mahony’s offices, the cardinal went to extraordinary lengths to suppress the documents, arranging a quixotic late-night hearing (4/4/02) with Superior Court Judge David P. Yaffe.
When the judge refused to find for prior restraint and the emails were published, Los Angeles got an un-spun look at a diocesan administration famous for its devotion to PR. Although the emails were written during Lent and Easter, religious feeling is surprisingly absent. Instead, Mahony and his inner circle seem consumed by a desire to game and one-up the prosecutors and manipulate the press. Mahony happily describes in one email his use (so he seemed to think) of the very reporter to whom Keating would give his defiant last interview. Most depressing of all is the complete indifference shown toward the victims of abusive priests.
Creating a Readable Version
The emails are still available on the KFI Web site at media/mahony%20e-mails1.pdf, but they are not an easy read. The messages are not in chronological order, and many emails are nested in reverse order within subsequent replies. Lines are broken and the email addresses are difficult to keep straight. In order to help people read these important exchanges, the staff of has produced a reading copy of the file. We have placed the messages in chronological order and supplied cross-references to the original KFI file, so that our work can be easily checked. We have also removed the prevalent “reply” marks ( ................
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