Shocking optics from Pope Leo! Vatican Media publishes photos of Leo XIV receiving Cardinal Roger Mahony in audience on January 22. As Archbishop of Los Angeles (1985–2011), Mahony has been widely criticised for how priests accused of sexually abusing minors were handled under his leadership: Church files made public in the 2010s showed that Mahony and others in the archdiocese acted to withhold evidence and protect priests accused of abuse from law enforcement, sometimes sending them for treatment rather than immediately reporting to authorities. These revelations led to Mahony being stripped of all his public and administrative duties by his successor, Archbishop José Gomez, in 2013 over his role in the scandal. Documents highlighted that some abusive priests were reassigned to parishes and left in ministry for years, even after credible allegations surfaced.