LOS ANGELES (CA)
KABC
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Catholic Church officials have until September to release secret files on priests accused of molesting children in the Los Angeles archdiocese.
Superior Court Judge Emilie Elias made the ruling Tuesday and attorneys say the first files could be made public within the next few weeks.
After a five-year legal battle to keep the documents sealed, the archdiocese released files on 120 priests earlier this year, but many clergy members who worked within the archdiocese weren’t included if they belonged to separate religious orders.
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