LOS ANGELES (CA)
NBC Los Angeles
[live video]
By Jonathan Lloyd
Tuesday, Jan 22, 2013
Clergy abuse victims plan Tuesday to discuss church personnel files that show how top Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials shielded molester priests and conducted damage control to cover up allegations of abuse.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP) scheduled an 11 a.m. news conference at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Victims plan to speak about the recently released documents and call for an end to legal maneuvers that they say have delayed the release of more documents.
The files are attached to a motion seeking punitive damages in a case involving a Mexican priest sent to Los Angeles in 1987 after he was brutally beaten in his parish south of Mexico City. Parents in LA complained about the priest, but he fled to Mexico, according to court documents.
The priest remains a fugitive.
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