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Published on Saturday, September 06, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
A year after a record-breaking clergy abuse settlement, a Superior Court judge on Friday urged attorneys for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and alleged molestation victims to resolve a legal impasse that threatens the release of confidential priest files.
The issue arose when a retired judge designated in the $660 million settlement to review the files to see if they could be made public suddenly recused himself. The news surprised many who thought the settlement - by far the nation's largest - had closed the books on a nationwide clergy abuse scandal that began in Boston in 2002.
The priest personnel files in question contain letters, handwritten notes and reports from doctors and psychologists - and the district attorney has said he will inspect them for evidence of crimes once they are public. Many plaintiffs believe they could contain evidence of criminal wrongdoing on the part of church leaders
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