LOS ANGELES (AP) Newly released pages from the confidential files of Roman Catholic religious order priests accused of child molestation show the regional leader of one order had advised an accused priest to flee Los Angeles and did not call police.
Hundreds of pages from the files of six priests belonging to the Vincentian, Norbertine and Augustinian religious orders were released Monday.
In one instance, the Rev. Carlos Rene Rodriguez a Vincentian priest was told to flee Los Angeles immediately and not tell anyone where he was going after confessing to them that he had molested a 16-year-old boy.
He was told to pick up cash and then fly to Maryland to check into a residential treatment facility. He was later returned to ministry, where he molested more children.
