Abuse victims ' group names preferred picks for new pope . Archdiocese says it has `` accepted responsibility '' for misconduct of former priest Michael Baker . The archdiocese said in a statement that the allegations against Baker, who was ordained as an auxiliary bishop on July 1, were investigated by its own internal affairs unit and then forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice. The four men sue the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony . Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals ' conclave voting for a new pope .
Archdiocese says it has `` accepted responsibility '' for misconduct of former priest Michael Baker . The archdiocese said in a statement that the allegations against Baker, who was ordained as an auxiliary bishop on July 1, were investigated by its own internal affairs unit and then forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice. The four men sue the Los Angeles Archdiocese and Cardinal Roger Mahony . Mahony is in Rome as part of the cardinals ' conclave voting for a new pope .