Survivors of priest abuse are bracing for a legal fight over the release of the Maryland Attorney General’s 456-page report into 80 years of sexual abuse.
State officials are seeking to release a 456-page investigation of sexual abuse within the Archdiocese of Baltimore over 80 years that identifies 158 priests who are said to have abused more than 600 victims.
Attorney General Brian Frosh is seeking court approval to release the 456-page report, which documents 80 years of child sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Usually the election of a new USCCB leaders is a formality, with the bishops elevating the conference’s vice president to the post. But this year’s election was wide open.