LOS ANGELES (CA)
NBC Southern California
By Patrick Healy and Jonathan Lloyd
Thursday, Jan 31, 2013
A judge is expected to issue an order Thursday afternoon governing the release of personnel files that include the names of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles leaders who handled priest abuse cases.
Attorneys and the judge concluded a conference call Thursday morning in which they discussed how the 30,000 pages of confidential personnel files will be released. The archdiocese is expected to be given 30 days to comply, but officials might have the documents ready in as soon as one week.
The files will be provided to attorneys for clergy abuse victims.
Attorneys for the archdiocese said Wednesday they will not pursue a plan that would have blacked out church leaders’ names when the files are released, according to the Associated Press. The move is a reversal of the archdiocese’s plan to redact the names, citing privacy rights of priests and others.
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