CHICAGO (IL)
WLS
[with video]
Michelle Gallardo
January 15, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — Thousands of pages of documents were handed over to they attorneys of sex abuse victims by the Archdiocese of Chicago on Wednesday.
“I want to offer apologies to all victims affected by these sins and crimes” Bishop Francis Kane said during the news conference.
The documents include complaints, personnel files and more and are expected to identify 30 former clergy members accused of abusing children, and the church officials who help protect the accused. They are being released as part of a legal settlement.
The archdiocese says 95 percent of the incidents in these cases, all of which were reported to the police, occurred prior to 1988.
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