The Curt Jester: "A Tale of Two Bishops"

Jeff Miller at The Curt Jester cites this statistic from the L.A. Times ...

In Los Angeles, some 75% of the archdiocese's 288 parishes were served at some time by a cleric accused of molesting, according to a Times study.

... and wonders why the Times' fairly benign coverage of Cardinal Mahony's leadership in Los Angeles is so strikingly different than the Boston Globe's hounding coverage of Cardinal Law in the Archdiocese of Boston.

Here's the conclusion Jeff reaches:

The differences in coverage seem to be due to the fact that the L.A. Times is quite sympathetic to Cardinal Mahony and the issues the Cardinal has fought for over the years. Cardinal Law despite his quite obvious flaws and complicity in the abuse cover ups was quite orthodox in his theology and heavily involved in the pro-life movement and of course this made him a prime target. Cardinal Mahony in contrast makes some noises in a pro-life direction, but is hardly active in the movement and has no problem holding events for ardently pro-abortion politicians. The L.A. Times can easily see him as one of their own and while they are troubled about the abuse problems under his watch, well between friends can't we overlook some flaws?