LA ARCHBISHOP MAHONY KEPT ALTAR BOY LIST FROM POLICE-DEPOSITION

Abclocal.com 2/19/14

When Los Angeles police were investigating allegations of child abuse by, Nicolas AguilarRivera, a Roman Catholic visiting Mexican priest in 1988, they asked for a list of altar boys atthe last parish where the priest worked.  According to a deposition made public on Wednesday,Mahoney told a subordinate not to give the list, saying he didn’t want to scare the boys who knewnothing about the investigation.  Detectives ultimately got the names from parishfamilies.  They determined Aguilar Rivera molested at least 26 boys during his 10 months inLA.  Before police were