Don’t miss Gustavo Arellano’s powerful story about molestations and cover-ups by Orange County Catholic priests, in this week’s edition of the OC Weekly. Arellano focuses on Monsignor John Urell in particular.
Urell’s name ought to sound familiar. O.C. Supervisor Bill Campbell nominated him for the O.C. Human Relations board last year. Not good! And Red County/OC Blog editor Matt Cunningham supported the move, because Urell is, or at least was, his pastor. Both Campbell and Cunningham said that, in essence, Urell was a good guy.
But Arellano proves beyond a doubt that Urell is anything but a good guy. It turns out that Urell is a guy who WON’T come clean about what happened on his watch. He was heavily involved in covering up multiple molestations. The paper trail is absolutely damning in that regard.
Major kudos to Arellano for putting this all together.
I don’t know what Cunningham and Campbell are saying about Urell now, but I can only hope that they will change their minds when they read what Arellano wrote.
Some of us believe the cover up goes all the way to the Vatican. Hope Arrellano explores that avenue in a continuing effort. Beware men in robes and pointy hats.
Thank God there are people like Gustavo willing to take on these perverted priests and the Catholics who defend them. As the Redcounty Blog continues to act as Spinmeisters for the nasty priest club O.J. is willing to shine the light on these sick individuals. I’m a visual person. How about doing a photo poll with photos (like you did with Bustamonte, Will B.King, and the Horse) of Toad Brown and Msg Urinal! If any of you ever find yourself riddled with Catholic guilt and feeling sorry for these sickos just think for a minute or two about the crimes committed by these perverts and through the protection they provided, how many more children, boys and girls, became victims!!! And lastly, I hope these crimes do not cause people to lose faith in God. He has not changed and hates the crimes committed even more than we do.
It is these articles that pushed me from “Catholic” to “disgusted” I will never drop another dollar into a collection plate. I dont need to pay for child molesters and their lawyer fees…
Gustavo has done the community a huge service by staying on this topic of exposure for many years. He is one of my favorite local writers.