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Daniel Murphy High School in the News

Please be sure to keep an eye on our Calendar of Events page for past, present and future events.

Click here to see the ad that ran in the California Section of the Los Angeles Times on Sunday, March 2nd!

Media: Audio / Video Segments

Click here to watch Patrick Healy's story for the 50th Anniversary and history of St. John Vianney / Daniel Murphy High School.


Television Coverage

KNBC Channel 4 coverage of our rally on November 17th. [Nov 17, 07]

KNBC Channel 4 coverage of Daniel Murphy's final graduation. [May 30, 08]


Radio Coverage

Click Here to listen to the interview that aired on The John & Ken Show on KFI AM640 on March 5, 2008. Thanks, John and Ken! [Mar 5, 08]

Click Here to hear John and Ken talk about Mahony and the Archdiocese and how the Archdiocese needs to raise cash. Daniel Murphy is mentioned. [Apr 21, 08]

Click Here to hear Bill Handel talk about Cardinal Mahony and the Archdiocese using six schools as collateral. [Apr 22, 08]

Click Here to listen to Doug McIntyre talk about Cardinal Mahony refusing to allow Bishop Robinson to speak in the Archdiocese. George Dawson, class of '64, is the first caller. [Jun 11, 08]

Click here to listen to an interview that aired on Super Estrella 107.1 FM, a leading Southern California Hispanic language radio network.


Newspaper Coverage

Initial Los Angeles Times story about the closure of Daniel Murphy High School. [Oct 9, 07] (archived version)

Article in The Tidings regarding the school's closure. [Oct 12, 07]

Los Angeles Times story that appeared the day after our march and rally. (PDA version) [Nov 18, 07] (archived version)

Los Angeles WAVE Newspaper article on our struggle to keep the school open. [Nov 29, 07]

Tim Rutten's Opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times entitled "$50-Million collection basket" [Apr 19, 08] (archived version)

Ventura County Star article about St. Bonaventure and the Archdiocese using schools as collateral. New comments from Tod Tamberg specifically about Daniel Murphy. Allows comments. [Apr 22, 08]

Daily News article about St. Bernadine of Siena in Woodland Hills donating nearly $1.5 Million dollars to the Archdiocese, leaving many unhappy parishioners. [Apr 30, 08] (archived version)

Archdiocese Settlements by the Numbers as reported by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles. [May 25, 08] (archived version)

Los Angeles Times article about Daniel Murphy's closure and how several Murphy students have documented the last few months at Murphy in a video project with interviews of former staff and alumni. [May 30, 08] (archived version)

Larchmont Chronicle article about the closure of Daniel Murphy High School. [May 30, 08] (archived version)


Website / Internet Coverage

Press release from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announcing closure. [Oct 8, 07]

California Catholic Daily article on the closure of Daniel Murphy. [Oct 10, 07]

Canyon News article about the Archdiocese closing Murphy. [Oct 14, 07]

Follow-up article from the California Catholic Daily. [Nov 20, 07]

Catholic News Agency article about the controversy over the school's closure. [Nov 21, 07]

Faithful Rebel blog regarding the closure of Daniel Murphy. [Nov 23, 07]

KFWB News 980 website's AP news article about the six schools being used as collateral. [Apr 22, 08]

L.A. Times blog "The last graduates of Daniel Murphy High". [May 29, 08]

L.A. Times blog "Daniel Murphy Catholic High's last graduation". [May 30, 08]

L.A. Times blog "Daniel Murphy documentary wins film fest award". [October 30, 08]


Los Angeles Archdiocese in the news

Los Angeles Times: Pope selects Latino bishop from Texas to succeed Mahony. Jose Gomez, the archbishop of San Antonio, is named by Pope Benedict XVI to a position in L.A. that puts him first in line to succeed Cardinal Roger Mahony, who faces retirement at 75 next year. [April 6, 2010] (archived version)

Los Angeles Times article about Msgr. Richard Loomis (former DMHS principal) who has turned on Cardinal Mahony. Loomis claims he informed Mahony about Baker and suggested the Archdiocese call the police. Claims Mahony then told Loomis to keep the allegations quiet. [September 22, 09] (archived version)

Article in the Los Angeles Times Cardinal Mahony's involvement in a federal fraud probe over abusive priests. The U.S. attorney in Los Angeles is pursuing the theory that the prelate deprived parishioners of 'the right of honest services' by failing to protect their children from predatory clerics.. [Jan 28, 2009] (archived version)

Article in the Los Angeles Times documenting further (and suspicious) delays in releasing clergy files. [Sept 5, 2008] (archived version)

Article in the Los Angeles Times reporting that some parishes are willing to cooperate while others are hesitant. [May 25, 2008] (archived version)

Los Angeles Times article about Salesian's refusal to cough up cash to assist with the $660 Million settlement. [May 13, 08] (archived version)

Los Angeles Times tongue-in-cheek story by Steve Lopez about his search for Mahony's mugger. [Dec 23, 07] (archived version)

Los Angeles Times story on ex-priest Michael Stephen Baker, who pled guilty on 12/3/07 in the molestation scandal. Last two paragraphs quote Carolina Guevara (spokeswoman for the Archdiocese) in which she emphasized that no parish properties or schools would be sold. [Dec 4, 07] (archived version)

Daily News article about Cardinal Mahony being assaulted and Fr. Shea calling Mahony's actions "Christ-like". [Nov 4, 07]

Follow-up Daily News article in which LAPD says they received no report of an attack on Cardinal Mahony. [Nov 4, 07]



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