MINNESOTA
Pioneer Press
By Emily Gurnon
egurnon@pioneerpress.com
POSTED: 03/27/2014
The Twin Cities archdiocese has gained more time to turn over documents related to priests “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors, but the depositions of top officials will take place as scheduled.
During a lengthy hearing Thursday in Ramsey County District Court, attorneys in the case of Doe 1 disagreed about whether the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis should be held to a judicially mandated deadline of Monday to turn over certain files that will not be under seal.
Judge John Van de North had ordered church officials to disclose all files by the end of the day Monday relating to 33 priests “credibly accused” before 2004.
But attorneys for the archdiocese said that a wholesale disclosure was impossible — they said the files contain victim names and information subject to attorney-client privilege. Some of that will need to be designated non-public, they said.
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