Maine high court orders release of priests' abuse records
Portland, Maine --
Maine's highest court has ruled that the state must make public investigative records about 18 now-deceased Roman Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse of minors.
In a 4-3 decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on April 22 that the attorney general must release the files to Blethen Maine Newspapers, owner of the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel newspapers.
However, the names and identifying information of family members, friends and others associated with the cases must be removed from the records when they are released.
Justices struggled with balancing the public interest in the priest sexual-abuse scandal with privacy concerns for witnesses, family members and sexual-abuse victims through the decades.
Read the article at firstamendmentcenter.org: news dated 04/26/05
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Maine's highest court has ruled that the state must make public investigative records about 18 now-deceased Roman Catholic priests who were accused of sexual abuse of minors.
In a 4-3 decision, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled on April 22 that the attorney general must release the files to Blethen Maine Newspapers, owner of the Portland Press Herald, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel newspapers.
However, the names and identifying information of family members, friends and others associated with the cases must be removed from the records when they are released.
Justices struggled with balancing the public interest in the priest sexual-abuse scandal with privacy concerns for witnesses, family members and sexual-abuse victims through the decades.
Read the article at firstamendmentcenter.org: news dated 04/26/05
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