LOS ANGELES (CA)
LA Daily News
By Barbara Jones Staff Writer
dailynews.com
Posted: 02/05/2013
LAPD detectives who investigate sex-abuse cases are combing through the newly released files of scores of problem priests to determine whether any of the cases can be prosecuted, authorities said Tuesday.
The department’s Sexually Exploited Child Unit has joined with prosecutors in poring over some 12,000 pages of documents disclosed under court order by the Los Angeles Archdiocese.
“We have copies of the list and we’re going through the names, comparing them to cases we have to see if there’s anything new or different,” said Cmdr. Andrew Smith, the chief spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Smith said detectives are in contact with the District Attorney’s Office, which previously said it is reviewing the files of 124 priests identified in litigation as having sexually abused children.
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