Bridgeport diocese to release sex-abuse documents today

December 01, 2009

After exhausting all legal options in a protracted 8-year court battle, the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, faces a court-ordered deadline for the release of more than 12,000 documents related to the handling of sex-abuse complaints. Diocesan officials have said that they will comply with the December 1 deadline. The documents could shed new light on the handling of sex-abuse complaints by past leaders of the Bridgeport diocese, including Cardinal Edward Egan, the retired Archbishop of New York.

 

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Further information:

• Bridgeport Diocese Expected To Release Priest Abuse Documents Today (Hartford Courant)
• Diocesan documents on clergy sex abuse to be released (Connecticut Post)