Cardinal Roger Mahony has repeatedly apologized for his handling of clerical sexual abuse in Los Angeles. In 2013, internal church records revealed that he and his vicar for clergy failed to remove priests accused of abuse and cooperate with law enforcement in the 1980s.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, who was accused of covering up cases of abuse as archbishop of Los Angeles, will have an official role in the ceremonies around Francis’ funeral.

Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, the archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, witnessed the sealing of the coffin of Pope Francis on Friday as the senior cardinal priest of the 204 cardinal priests in Rome for Francis’ funeral.