Priest files in sex abuse lawsuits to be released

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Well, the ones that weren’t shredded.

SAN DIEGO — The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said yesterday it will begin to release files of priests accused of molesting parishioners over decades, but a lawyer for many of the victims said the information will not be immediately public.
The files from the diocese will be released Sunday, diocese Chancellor Rodrigo Valdivia said in a statement. That will begin a complicated, and potentially lengthy, process of making clergy members' records publicly available.
The files will be released via a secure Web site to lawyers for the plaintiffs who filed more than 120 suits against the diocese, beginning in 2003.
Retired Judge William C. Pate is overseeing the production of the files and has laid out a process that allows living priests to challenge release of any or all information about them, said Irwin Zalkin, a lawyer who represented scores of San Diego abuse claimants.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/13/1m13priests234442-priest-files-sex-abuse-lawsuits-/

[Strong Atheist]

1. Thanks for the info. nt.