Roger Michael Mahony KGCHS (born February 27, 1936) is an American Catholic retired prelate who served as Archbishop of Los Angeles from 1985 to 2011.

Roger Mahony attended St. Charles Borromeo Grammar School in North Hollywood and Los Angeles College.

[3] On February 15, 1980, Mahony was appointed Bishop of Stockton by Pope John Paul II, as announced by the nuncio, Jean Jadot.

In 1980, shortly after Mahony became Bishop of Stockton, a parent wrote to the diocese accusing the Fr Oliver O'Grady of molesting his two sons.

[6] On July 16, 1985, Mahony was appointed as Archbishop of Los Angeles by John Paul II, becoming the first native Angeleno to hold that office.

He was created cardinal-priest of the Basilica dei Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome by John Paul II in the consistory of June 28, 1991.

The philanthropist Carrie Estelle Doheny had donated the collection, which included a Gutenberg Bible and a first edition of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, to the seminary during the 1940s and 1950s.

It is a sign of God's deep love for the Church, and an invitation to a more creative and effective ordering of gifts and energy in the Body of Christ.

The formal ceremony of transition was held at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, with Mahony's resignation taking canonical effect on March 1, 2011.

[18] On January 31, 2013, Gómez relieved Mahony of all of his remaining public and administrative duties due to his actions during the Church's sexual abuse crisis.

[19][20] Mahony remained "a priest in good standing" and could still celebrate Mass, but could no longer speak publicly or exercise a bishop's responsibilities.

[19][21] Critics called Gómez's action "purely symbolic punishment" and "hand-slapping...a nearly meaningless gesture", and noted that Mahony remained "a powerful man" in the church.

[20] Following the February 2013 resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, some Catholic groups objected to Mahony's voting in a papal conclave so soon after his censure.

The resolution called on bishops to ban from Communion all Catholic public officials who supported abortion rights for women.

In the letter, he rejected film censorship, instead advocating that filmmakers and television writers strive for "human values" when portraying sexual situations and violence in their products.

He told US President George W. Bush that the bill would effectively prevent the Catholic Church from providing charitable assistance and religious ministry to undocumented immigrants.

[35] The letter called all parishes to plan and celebrate each Sunday Mass in order to deepen the faith-life of all Catholics through the Eucharist.

[36] Mother Angelica, the host of a popular program on the Eternal Word Television Network, commented that the pastoral letter was inconsistent with existing official liturgical directives set by the Vatican.

However, Report to the People of God failed to include information on 33 priests who were accused of sexual abuse, but whose cases lacked confirmatory evidence.

Curry recommended that the archdiocese encourage priests seeking therapy to avoid using therapists who might report them to law enforcement.

At the same time, Mahony wrote the director of the Servants of the Paracletes center in New Mexico, which treated priests who had committed sexual abuse.