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Criminal

Feb. 3, 2009

Time Rule Looms Over Clergy Probe

Prosecutors investigating whether Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles broke federal law could run into statute of limitations problems, according to some legal experts.

By Ciaran McEvoy and Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writers

LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors investigating whether Cardinal Roger M. Mahony and other leaders of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles broke federal law could run into statute of limitations problems, according to some legal experts.

A federal grand jury is investigating the archdiocese, possibly to determine whether church leaders schemed to deprive their parishioners of hones...

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