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Tucson News Now
By Sonu Wasu
TUCSON, AZ (Tucson News Now) –
Six thousand pages of court documents outlining how the Archdiocese of Chicago handled the sexual abuse of children by priests were made public on Tuesday.
The documents name several Catholic leaders who were aware of the allegations against accused priests, and chose to not report it to authorities.
Among many others, Tucson Diocese Bishop Gerald Kicanas was one of the leaders in the Chicago Diocese at the time of these allegations.
The new information comes to light after the archdiocese handed the documents over to victims’ attorneys, who said they wanted to show how the archdiocese concealed abuse for decades, including moving priests to new parishes where they molested again.
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