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January 22, 2014 (CHICAGO) (WLS) — A group that represents victims of child sex abuse by priests is demanding that those responsible be prosecuted.

On Tuesday, documents were released detailing specific cases of sex abuse in the Chicago Archdiocese involving 30 priests.

Should church leaders, including Cardinal Francis George be criminally prosecuted for the way they handled sexual abuse cases? SNAP, a victims’ group, is calling on prosecutors to scour the 6,000 pages of recently released documents for any evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

“We are here to call on every Chicagoland law enforcement agency within boundaries of Archdiocese of Chicago to try harder to pursue child sex crimes,” Kate Bochte, SNAP, said.

While victims and their attorneys says the documents are proof of a decades-long cover-up by Cardinals George, Bernardin and Cody, the archdiocese continues to maintain that church leaders never intended to hurt…