No charges were filed in 2002 when the L.A. district attorney's office investigated the archdiocese.
The archdiocese agreed to pay $660 million to 508 people who claimed sexual abuse by priests.
The current investigation, according to the L.A. Times, is focusing on Mahony's handling of priests accused of sexual abuse.
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