News of the Archdiocese of LA’s sex abuse settlement announced Oct. 16 and reported on AngelusNews.com got a conflicted reaction from me.

One on hand, it suggests a measure of accountability for the heinous crimes committed by people who had the highest level of trust from Catholic parents and children.

But I cannot help but be disgusted by how our elected officials, like Gov. Newsom and the legislators who passed AB 218, took advantage of the “Me Too” movement to open the statute of limitations … again. By doing so, they gave California plaintiffs’ lawyers the boon of a lifetime to get rich from allegations that were often probably questionable and thinly detailed, and help tear down the Church in the process. I wonder how many of those 1,353 cases would have stood up in an actual trial.

I’m all for sackcloth and ashes for the Church’s sins, but the injustices don’t end there.

— Timothy Harris, West LA