"NEWS BRIEF -- Monday, March 21, 2011."

Jesuit's magazine America.


"A federal judge in California ruled on Feb. 28 that a Mexican resident can use a law typically employed for international human rights cases to sue the Archdiocese of Los Angeles over charges he was sexually abused by a priest..."

"Philadelphia Suspends 21 Priests

"In a major reversal, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced that it had placed 21 priests on administrative leave from active ministry from credible charges that they had sexually abused minors.

"The announcement on March 8 represented an embarrassing turnaround for Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia, who had said in response to a devastating grand jury report in February that there were no priests in active ministry who have have an admitted or established allegation of sexual abuse of a minor against them ..."


And given this latest fallout in public outrage, time for damage control!


"Cardinal Rigali said, I pray that the efforts of the archdiocese to address these cases of concern and to re - evaluate our way of handling allegations will help rebuild that trust in truth and justice ..."


Tsk, tsk, TSK! :)