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Criminal

Mar. 9, 2007

Judge Allows Sealing Priest Victims' Names

SAN DIEGO - A judge ruled Wednesday the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego can file bankruptcy documents without revealing the names of plaintiffs in priest-abuse lawsuits but that the accusers will make the final choice of whether to disclose their identities.

By Claude Walbert
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN DIEGO - A judge ruled Wednesday the Roman Catholic Diocese in San Diego can file bankruptcy documents without revealing the names of plaintiffs in priest-abuse lawsuits but that the accusers will make the final choice of whether to disclose their identities.
      Judge Louise DeCarl Adler, who had tentatively denied the church's request to file...

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