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Church Still Protecting Priests, Fails to Release Court-Ordered Records

“The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released 12,000 pages of files… on priests accused of sexually abusing children, saying that it was finally abiding by a settlement it signed with victims six years ago to make the painful history public. “

But the files are incomplete and some are missing, say victim’s lawyers. In many documents the names of church supervisors were redacted by the archdiocese in violation of a judge’s order. The release was part of an agreement signed with more than 500 victims in 2007, which also paid the victims $660 million.

“We know we have not gotten a complete disclosure,” said one of the lawyers for the victims. “They have removed things that should not have been removed, some of which we have seen before, so we know that they exist. It’s more deception, deceit and secrecy.”

A church lawyer said that there were probably mistakes, but no intention to withhold information. But the Archdiocese “fought for six years all the way to the State Supreme Court to block the release of the documents.”

Early in January of 2013, Judge Emilie H. Elias ordered the archdiocese to lift the redactions of the names of certain kinds of officials, mostly those with supervisory authority over accused priests, and other officials who would have likely known about abuse cases. But the names of many of these officials are missing. Also, there is a huge discrepancy in the number of pages released. A church lawyer estimated that there were 30,000 documents in previous court testimony, but there were only 12,000 released.

“They seem to be trying to protect the names of supervisors not only in Los Angeles, but in other dioceses as well,” said one source familiar with the files.

Victims’ lawyers were preparing to file a motion to compel the church to release a list of files they believe are missing.

The filthy sex abuse scandal of the Catholic Church continues to reveal Rome’s core values as more and more revelations become available. In addition to attempting to hide the sex abuse, it protected priests, obstructed justice, and continues to obfuscate and obscure the truth, all the while claiming to be more transparent.

“And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” Revelation 17:5

Los Angeles Archdiocese Is Accused of Failing to Release All Abuse Records

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