Today, LA judge Emilie Elias gave the Archdiocese of Los Angeles a concrete schedule for the public release of thousands of pages of sex abuse and cover-up documents. If all goes according to plan, the redacted files on perpetrator priests will be made public by the end of the year. The documents were a part of…Continue reading LA clergy sex abuse files to be made public by end of year, judge says
Patrick Marker from BehindthePineCurtain broke this blockbuster story: The organization representing lawyers practicing Catholic Church “law” recently allowed a man with numerous allegations of sexual abuse to speak to its membership at its Chicago conference. The Canon Law Society of America (CLSA), the organization charged with “promotion of the study and application of canon law in…Continue reading Church “lawyers” keep mum on speaker’s five abuse allegations
Some of the Boy Scouts of America “perversion files” are going to be posted online next week. The documents – in which all victims’ names will be redacted – will outline the more than 80-year history of sex abuse and cover-up in the Boy Scouts. The list of “ineligible” volunteers – men who had…Continue reading A Modest Proposal for the Boy Scouts (and others)
From today’s Los Angeles Times: “We have already selected the documents that are going to be released, gone through a process of redacting innocent names and we need a court order” signing off on the release of the documents, (LA Archdiocese Attorney J. Michael) Hennigan said. (emphasis mine) Innocent names? If they truly cared about the…Continue reading LA Clergy Documents: Tell me, what does “innocent” mean, Mr. Hennigan?
*** Update: The CA Supreme Court ruled that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles must turn over the files. Deadline is immediate. A huge decision is expected today from the California Supreme Court regarding the confidential abuse and cover-up files of 25 known offending priests. The priests were a part of the 2007 $660 million…Continue reading UPDATED: CA SUPREME COURT: LA Archdiocese must turn over priest files