LOS ANGELES (KNX) -- Cardinal Roger Mahony has denied that his counterpart in Mexico City warned him that a priest transferred to Los Angeles had been suspected of sexual abuse.
In a deposition made public yesterday, Mahony countered statements made by Mexico's top Cardinal, Norberto Rivera, who claimed that he warned Mahony through code words in a letter introducing the Mexican priest.
The letter stated that the priest, Nicolas Aguilar, wanted to move to Los Angeles for "family and health reasons," which Rivera claims were code words used among the clergy to refer to "sexual problems."
Rivera said that he granted the priest's request to trasfer to Los Angeles on the condition that Mahony first accept him into serevice in Los Angeles.
Mahony, in his deposition, denied knowing that "family and health reasons" were code words that warned of priest who sexually abuse children. He also claimed that he never received the letter in question.
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