Minnesota archdiocese again seeks delay in releasing abuse files

March 26, 2014

The Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis has again asked a Minnesota court to extend the deadline for the release of confidential files of priests accused of sexual abuse.

Attorneys for the archdiocese told the court that the “exhaustive, time consuming, and extremely expensive and burdensome process” of preparing files for release made it difficult to meet a March 31 deadline. The archdiocese has asked for an extension of 90 days.

 

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Further information:

• St. Paul archdiocese asks for more time, more protection in priest files (Star Tribune)
• Minnesota court confirms: archdiocese must yield names of accused priests (CWN, 3/19)