The Maryland Supreme Court on Friday heard about 2 1/2 hours of legal argument over whether the names of more than a dozen people contained in a report that details decades of allegations of sexual abuse and cover-ups within the Archdiocese of Baltimore can be made public.
Until now, the litigation has largely played out under seal. It’s unclear when the justices will issue their decision.
In 2023, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown released the 456-page report, which alleges that 156 priests and other personnel committed “horrific and repeated abuse” of vulnerable children as church leadership turned a blind eye. The names of 46 people initially were blacked out.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. later ruled the identities of all but three of them could be disclosed.
Brown then released a revised version of…
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