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Any time documents have been circulated detailing the reality of sexual abuse by priests in Catholic dioceses, the results have been quite astonishing. Bridgeport, Connecticut is no exception. In 2009, the state supreme court ordered the release of thousands of legal documents from litigation filed against predator priests. The legal claims against the church was initiated by newspapers including the prestigious New York Times.
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The court decision stated that beginning in 1990s, twenty-three actions alleging sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergymen employed by the diocese were filed. In the course of pretrial discovery the court sealed certain papers and information. Why? The court’s reasoning stated that they did so to ensure that a fair trial could be had. They didn’t want to poison the well and inflame potential jurors by releasing damning documents.
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The information that was ultimately released was made up of thousands of pages. And it was embarrassing for the church to say the least. Allegations of knowingly taking a predator priest and shipping him off to another church, instead of calling law enforcement. In one case a predator priest was only suspended after a lawsuit was filed, instead of after the abuse came to light. Imagine that for a second. Abuse is reported to you, and you sit on the information for 5 years. Then once a lawsuit is filed, and some pressure is finally exerted on you, then you decide to do the right thing and suspend the alleged perpetrator. You can’t make this stuff up.
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