Return to Transcripts main page   No New Pope  Aired March 12,
2013 - 22:00   ET   ANDERSON COOPER, CNN ANCHOR: Good morning,
everyone. It is just after 3:00 a.m. here in Rome.  And what an
extraordinary day it was on Tuesday, the first day of the
conclave to elect the next pope. We're going to have complete
coverage of all the day's events. There is breaking news at this
hour to tell you about involving one of the cardinals who is
right down the street behind me, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los
Angeles.  We're learning tonight that church has settled four
lawsuits against the archdiocese he ran and at least one lawsuit
naming him a defendant. Four men allegedly abused as boys
collecting nearly $10 million in total. They said they were
abused by a priest during the '70s. Six years ago, that priest
pleaded guilty to molesting boys.  He did time. He's no longer a
priest. He's not alone. Nor is Cardinal Mahony of course the
only high-ranking official accused of protecting predators.
There are many around the world