As the rdal's official liaison wh the gay muny and as ordator of AIDS mistry this archdce, I believe that your reportg of the rdal's relatnship to the gay muny and his outstandg learship the prent AIDS panmic is unfair.
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MAHONY BREAKS RANKS TO BACK GAYS MILARY
Victims of clergy sexual abe began to surface wh claims of beg ignored and badly treated; rmatn me to light that pedophile prits were protected or shuffled around when their crim would e to light; vtigatns showed the archdcan semary and office teemg wh homosexuals.
A homosexual-iendly ArchdceAs the new Millennium dawned, the Los Angel Archdce was known as one of the most homosexual-iendly the Uned Stat. As early as 1991, Jim Johnson, regiver to AIDS patients, openly stated that Roger Mahony was “surround by homosexual prits” and allud to several “gay bishops” (4).
In 1993, the Cardal helped to fund and produce the vio A Journey for Unrstandg Gays and Lbians the Church. The vio affirmed that there was nothg wrong wh any “gay” or lbian person whatsoever, that “beg gay was a blsg and a gift, ” and had “somethg prophetic toward remolg the Church” (5) In 1996, the L.