Child sexual abuse survivors demand more transparency amid release of AG’s report

Survivors of child sexual abuse gathered Friday outside the Archdiocese of Baltimore to demand more transparency after the Maryland Attorney General’s Office released its report Wednesday.

LISTReport lists abusers by name
LINKAttorney General’s Report: Child Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore

Survivors, who held signs and childhood photos, applauded the release of the report and passage of new legislation that would eliminate the statute of limitations on civil lawsuits.

Teresa Lancaster said she was abused by a priest in the 1970s while she was a student at Archbishop Seton Keough High School.

“I really want to applaud the attorney general’s office for releasing the report, for doing something. It is one organization that finally stood with survivors. I applaud that,” she said.

The attorney general’s scathing report reveals the scope of more than eight decades of abuse and coverup within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. More than 150…