Baltimore Archdiocese Is Funding Attorneys Seeking to Seal Abuse Proceedings

Fredrick Kunkle and Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post report, “The Archdiocese of Baltimore confirmed Tuesday that it is helping pay the legal expenses of an anonymous group of people seeking to seal the proceedings around a report by the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on clergy sexual abuse of minors.” The report is the result of a four-year investigation and will contain the names of 158 abusive priests who tallied more than 600 victims over 80 years. The archdiocese claims that it is not intending to block the release of the report but rather is attempting to allow individuals named in the report but not accused of sexual abuse to air their grievances before the report is made public.

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