Angelus News | May 17, 2019 | Vol. 4 No. 18
A priest waits while sitting in a confessional box in the Cathedral of Barcelona. A new bill making its way through the California legislature would seek to force priests to break divine law in order to follow civil law. But would requiring priests to break the seal of confession in cases of alleged child sexual abuse really prevent abuse? On page 10, editor Pablo Kay weighs both sides of the debate surrounding SB 360 and looks at how similar legislation has fared in other places. On page 13, contributing editor Mike Aquilina recounts the history of confessional secrecy as a key part of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation in the Catholic faith. And on page 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez writes why the bill is a “mortal threat to the religious freedom of every Catholic.”
A priest waits while sitting in a confessional box in the Cathedral of Barcelona. A new bill making its way through the California legislature would seek to force priests to break divine law in order to follow civil law. But would requiring priests to break the seal of confession in cases of alleged child sexual abuse really prevent abuse? On page 10, editor Pablo Kay weighs both sides of the debate surrounding SB 360 and looks at how similar legislation has fared in other places. On page 13, contributing editor Mike Aquilina recounts the history of confessional secrecy as a key part of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation in the Catholic faith. And on page 3, Archbishop José H. Gomez writes why the bill is a “mortal threat to the religious freedom of every Catholic.”
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New pastoral assignments, <strong>2019</strong><br />
A list of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ appointed pastors, administrators,<br />
parish life directors, and religious administrators, effective July 1<br />
Archbishop José H. Gomez has approved the following priests to be<br />
appointed pastors on July 1:<br />
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:<br />
Father John-Paul Gonzalez, St. Victor, West Hollywood<br />
Father Paul Sustayta, St. Martin of Tours, Los Angeles*<br />
Father Anthony Gonzalez, St. Mary Magdalen, Los Angeles<br />
Santa Barbara Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Aloysius Ezeonyeka, Sacred Heart, Ventura<br />
San Fernando Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Alberto Avenido, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Santa Clarita<br />
Father Rodel Balagtas, Incarnation, Glendale*<br />
Father Rufino Carlos Nava, St. Bridget of Sweden, Lake Balboa<br />
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Thomas Asia, St. Martha, Valinda<br />
Father Freddie Chua, Annunciation, Arcadia*<br />
Father Marcos Gonzalez, St. Andrew, Pasadena*<br />
San Pedro Pastoral Region:<br />
Msgr. Jarlath Cunnane, St. Cornelius, Long Beach*<br />
Father Edward Dover, Beatitudes of Our Lord, La Mirada*<br />
Father Kevin <strong>No</strong>lan, Holy Trinity, San Pedro<br />
The following priests will be appointed or reappointed administrators:<br />
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Christopher Bazyouros, St. John Chrysostom, Inglewood<br />
Father Matthew Murphy, Our Lady of Malibu, Malibu<br />
Father Juan Ochoa, Christ the King, Los Angeles<br />
Father Fidelis Omeaku, St. Anselm, Los Angeles*<br />
Father Arturo Valadez, Holy Spirit, Los Angeles<br />
Father Albert Van Der Woerd, St. Mark, Venice<br />
Father Michael Wu, O’Carm., St. Clement, Santa Monica (extern priest)<br />
San Fernando Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Marinello Saguin, Our Lady of Grace, Encino<br />
Father Ethan Southard, St. John Eudes, Chatsworth*<br />
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Ronald Clark, St. Dorothy, Glendora*<br />
Father Julio Domenech, FMVD, St. Louis of France, La Puente* (extern<br />
priest)<br />
Father Joachim Lepcha, Immaculate Conception, Monrovia * (extern priest)<br />
Father John Palmer, St. Denis, Diamond Bar*<br />
San Pedro Pastoral Region:<br />
Father Andrew Chung, St. Pancratius, Lakewood*<br />
Father Martin Madero, St. Francis Xavier, Pico Rivera*<br />
Father Alidor Mikobi, St. Cyprian, Long Beach (extern priest)<br />
Father Gerard O’Brien, Our Lady of Refuge, Long Beach*<br />
Father Adrian San Juan, St. Linus, <strong>No</strong>rwalk*<br />
Father Alfredo Vargas, CMF, St. Athanasius, Long Beach* (extern priest)<br />
Father Budi Wardhana, St. Lucy, Long Beach*<br />
The following parish leaders will be appointed or reappointed parish life<br />
directors:<br />
San Fernando Pastoral Region:<br />
Sister Mary Karen Collier, SSL, Holy Redeemer, Montrose/St. James the<br />
Less, La Crescenta*<br />
(Father Michael Grieco will serve as priest/minister)<br />
San Gabriel Pastoral Region:<br />
Dr. Humberto Ramos, St. Marcellinus, Los Angeles*<br />
(Father Gilbert Cruz will continue to serve as priest/minister)<br />
The following parishes will be entrusted to religious orders:<br />
Our Lady of the Angels Pastoral Region:<br />
St. Raphael, Los Angeles, entrusted to the Missionary Servants of the Most<br />
Holy Trinity (ST)*<br />
(With Father Stanley Bosch, ST, as pastor)<br />
San Fernando Pastoral Region:<br />
Our Lady of Peace, <strong>No</strong>rth Hills, entrusted to The Order of St. Camillus (MI)*<br />
(With pastor/administrator to be announced)<br />
The following religious orders have also proposed the following pastors at<br />
parishes they administer and have been approved by the archbishop:<br />
St. Dominic, Los Angeles, under the pastoral care of the Dominican Friars<br />
(Father Roberto Corral, OP, effective <strong>May</strong> 1, <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
St. Thomas Aquinas, Ojai, under the pastoral care of the Augustinians<br />
(Father Kirk Davis, OSA, effective June 15, <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
Our Mother of Good Counsel, Los Angeles, under the pastoral care of the<br />
Augustinians<br />
(Father Alvin Paligutan, OSA, effective June 15, <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
St. Francis Xavier, Burbank, under the pastoral care of the Carmelites of Mary<br />
Immaculate<br />
(Father Sebastian Vettickal, CMI, effective July 1, <strong>2019</strong>)<br />
* Parishes with an asterisk denote parishes that were on the open pastorate<br />
listing this term.<br />
Editor’s note: Any updates to this list can be found in the Catholic LA section<br />
of <strong>Angelus</strong><strong>News</strong>.com<br />
16 • ANGELUS • <strong>May</strong> <strong>17</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
Archdiocesan priests gathered at the<br />
<strong>2019</strong> Chrism Mass at the Cathedral<br />
of Our Lady of the Angels.<br />
VICTOR ALEMÁN
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