Cardinal Roger Mahoney Doesn't Care About Your Children

Roger Mahoney has willingly put the children of Los Angeles and Orange County in danger by transferring priests from parish to parish. Mahoney's interest lies in the reputation of the church, not in the safety of California's children. This issue became even more prevalent recently with Cardinal Mahoney's decision to only require a sworn affidavit of those who wish to work with children in the church, instead of the more effective and thorough background check. This decision was made in consideration of the amount of Catholic illegal immigrants who travel to the United States every year.

Now this is ridiculous; the Catholic Church is expecting individuals who might have a criminal record to be honest with a simple sworn affidavit. This is basically inviting sexual predators into the church because all they have to do is lie about their criminal history, and they're in! Is the presence of immigrants so important that we will put children in danger just to have a little volunteer help?

"They are just trying to be too politically correct, even though it means putting the kids at risk," said Rita Milla, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles-area Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests. "If someone can't prove who they are, they shouldn't be volunteering." The safety of Catholic children should be the first of the churches concerns, especially after the eruption of molestation charges in 2002. When will he learn?

I thought the cartoon was going to be a joke when I first looked at it, but apparently a volunteer for the Church drew it.

Check out this insincere apology by Mahoney
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOtuMDEOohg