by all accounts after you get the first vote out of the way, you get to start to work to get a sense of who the favored among whom and so the process obviously is moving along now. it s interesting it happened tonight in terms of the biggest problem may not be an election of the pope but how the new pope handles the constant problem or sexual abuse by priests, catholic priests toward young boys, girls. a case tonight, four california men molested as boys by a priest the los angeles archdiocese and cardinal roger mahoney is at the conclave voting, they got almost $10 million. a damming development. what do people feel about that down there? well, you are probably not surprised to hear, we are not for sexual abuse. obviously, this is a horrible thing. this is something the church is
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what we heard about yesterday, the big settlement in los angeles, that was brought up, and i was fascinated to see father lombardi address it directly and say that we have confidence that this is being dealt with, in the most in the best manner of what needs to be dealt with. what did you think of the statement today? do you think that said we don t take this seriously? father lombardi, the official spokesopinion fperson for the v. it was surprising because in the weeks leading up to this, when others were here getting ready for the conclave, were asked about cardinal mahoney, their response was whether cardinal mahoney participates or not is up to him and i m not going to pass judgment on his record. so certainly a different tone. but, again, all of that is water under the bridge once the new pope steps out on to the balcony and presents himself to the world. to use a concept very familiar to catholics, we need
you get to start to work to get a sense of who the favored among whom and so the process obviously is moving along now. it s interesting it happened tonight in terms of the biggest problem may not be an election of the pope but how the new pope handles the constant problem or sexual abuse by priests, catholic priests toward young boys, girls. a case tonight, four california men molested as boys by a priest the los angeles archdiocese and cardinal roger mahoney is at the conclave voting, they got almost $10 million. a damming development. what do people feel about that down there? well, you are probably not surprised to hear, we are not for sexual abuse. obviously, this is a horrible thing. this is something the church is trying to wrestle with and deal with. the new pope, whoever that hope
similar track record as a reformist. we re getting word there will be a presser from the vatican at 1:00 p.m. local, 8:00 a.m. eastern standard time. we ll be monitoring that, if anything significant to tell we ll come to you. until then, soledad. the three of us here on smoke watch. all right, gentlemen, thank you very much. as the catholic faithful wait for news of a new pope, new this morning the catholic archdiocese in los angeles has struck a deal to settle sex abuse lawsuits. they ve agreed to pay nearly $10 million to four different victims allegedly abused by a defrocked priest who is now serving time in prison. the suit claims cardinal roger mahoney knew the priest s behavior and allowed him to continue in his position. right now mahoney is in rome taking part in the conclave. want to get to monsignor hilgartner. nice to have you with us. really appreciate it. how does it feel, this l.a. story, the cardinal who s now in rome, it s a big deal here in the united states, how