SEX ABUSE SCANDAL HITS HOME
A man and woman who say they were sexually abused nearly two decades ago by Father Manuel La Rosa-Lopez, a former Conroe priest, say the Houston region’s highest-ranking Catholic official failed to properly investigate their reports. The accusations against Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who has led the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston since 2006, come just weeks after DiNardo called for more transparency in the church’s handling of sexual abuse allegations. DiNardo and two other prelates met with Pope Francis on Thursday to discuss the controversy.