LAT/AP: U.S. Archbishop Subpoenaed Ahead of Mass

[DeepModem Mom]

U.S. Archbishop Subpoenaed Ahead of Mass
By GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press Writer


SAN FRANCISCO -- Archbishop William Levada, soon to be the highest ranking American at the Vatican, was welcomed to his final Sunday Mass here by thousands of admiring parishioners, a few critics and a subpoena compelling him to testify about sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church.

Levada was handed the subpoena minutes before he began the procession to the altar at St. Mary's Cathedral.

It requires him to give a deposition Aug. 12 concerning sex abuse allegations against priests in the Portland, Ore., Archdiocese, where he was archbishop from 1986 to 1995....

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Levada is expected to leave later this month for his appointment as head of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the post held by former Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope Benedict XVI.

In that role, Levada will help shape Catholic doctrine and play a major role in the church's response to claims of sexual abuse by priests....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/wire/ats-ap_top14aug07,0,5691613.story

[AndyTiedye]

1. The Ratzinger Doctrine: Shut Up and Bend Over

[Ilsa]

2. Did they confiscate his passport? eom