Earlier this week, the Maryland Office of the Attorney General released its long-awaited 456-page grand jury report on the “long and sordid” history of sexual abuse and cover-ups within the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

During the course of 80 years, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the report found, concealed pervasive abuse of hundreds of children.

“The incontrovertible history uncovered by this investigation is one of pervasive and persistent abuse by priests and other Archdiocese personnel,” the report states. “It is also a history of repeated dismissal or cover up of that abuse by the Catholic Church hierarchy.”

Here’s a look at what could come next, including whether redactions will remain in the report, survivors will receive the ability to sue and people will face criminal prosecution.

More litigation over redactions

When Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. directed the release of the report, he wrote in an order that…