Lawyers Accuse Chicago Archdiocese of Hiding Information

WLS
November 11, 2014

http://abc7chicago.com/religion/lawyers-accuse-chicago-archdiocese-of-hiding-information/390822/

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Lawyers representing dozens of priest sex abuse victims accuse the Archdiocese of Chicago of hiding information with last week's release of abuse files.

The Archdiocese released 15,000 pages of documents involving 36 priests, following the files of 30 priests released last January.

Jeff Anderson and Mark Pearlman say what's lacking in the latest release are the victims' stories, and say the victims were left out of the process.

"Until this Archdiocese starts listening to the victims and stops listening to their public relations people, this problem will not and cannot be fixed," Pearlman said.

The Archdiocese of Chicago said in a written statement: "We stand by the integrity of this document release. We believe it's time to move beyond inflammatory and hollow rhetoric and seek to achieve understanding and reconciliation."