WASHINGTON
Seattle PI
BY JOEL CONNELLY, SEATTLEPI.COM Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The Archdiocese of Seattle must release “all files” and settlements related to credible claims of abuse by clergy and religious who have ministered in the diocese, according to an on-line letter petition addressed by lay Catholics to Archbishop J. Peter Sartain.
“Full disclosure of secret files and the ongoing involvement of an independent Review Board are necessary to create a sustainable culture and structure of deterrence and accountability, thereby significantly reducing the possibility that this systematic evil will ever happen again,” said the letter, which has garnered 155 signatures.
The archdiocese, last January, released the names of 77 priests, members of religious orders and one nun where allegations had been admitted, established or able to be substantiated.
Forty one of the individuals on the list were deceased.
The Archdiocese has released names but not investigative reports. Two early signers of the petition are Seattle University law professor and former King County Superior Court Judge Terry Carroll, and ex-U.S. Attorney Mike McKay.
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