CHICAGO (IL)
San Francisco Chronicle
DON BABWIN AND TAMMY WEBBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO (AP) — The Archdiocese of Chicago has released thousands of pages of internal documents pertaining to how it dealt with allegations of child sexual abuse by 35 priests going back decades.
The archdiocese posted the documents on its website Thursday. They’re in addition to records related to 30 other abusive priests that it released as part of a legal settlement in January, when the archdiocese revealed it had concealed the abuse decades.
Cardinal Francis George had pledged to release the records before he retires later this month. His office says he didn’t want to leave the matter to his successor, Bishop Blase Cupich (BLAYZ’ SOO’-pihch).
The documents detail more than 350 incidents of abuse since 1952. Most occurred decades ago and none involved active priests.
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