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Steve Miller
(CBS) — Five days after the Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese released more documents related to allegations of abuse by priests, lawyers representing past victims say the archdiocese has excluded a lot.
“Very alarmed” is how attorneys for survivors of abuse describe their reaction to the release of new documents by the archdiocese.
Attorney Jeff Anderson says the archdiocese excluded attorneys from the process of what documents should be released, something he says the archdiocese did not do back in January when other documents were released.
Since then, Anderson says the archdiocese has cut off discussion with the attorneys, apparently because the archdiocese was upset with the attorneys’ handling of the documents after their release.
A reporter asked Anderson if he thinks the archdiocese excluded attorneys this time around as retribution.
“I would call the decision by the cardinal’s office not retribution. I would call it intentional exclusion,” he said.
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