` ` Not once over these past years did you ever raise any objections , '' retired Mahony as successor . Mahony , who will turn 77 later this month , can continue to celebrate the sacraments with no restrictions and can vote in conclave in a papal election until age 80 , Tamberg said . Despite discipline , the archbishop is ` ` in good standing '' and can run for pope . Los Angeles prosecutor is reviewing newly released files on priest abuse . Discipline against archbishop is unprecedented but ` ` meaningless , '' he says .
` ` Not once over these past years did you ever raise any objections , '' retired Mahony as successor . Despite discipline , the archbishop is ` ` in good standing '' and can run for pope . Los Angeles prosecutor is reviewing newly released files on priest abuse . Discipline against archbishop is unprecedented but ` ` meaningless , '' he says .