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Victims' Attorney Statement: U.S. Supreme Court Decision and Bridgeport Diocese Secret Personnel Documents

To put it simply, today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court was a huge victory for everyone who demands justice, truth, transparency and accountability.

For eight years, the Bridgeport Diocese has attempted to block the release of potentially devastating secret personnel records out of fear that high-ranking members of the church hierarchy will be implicated in covering up the sexual abuse of children. Then, church officials had the temerity to claim that they were doing so under the constitutional protections of freedom of religion. In the meantime, millions of dollars of churchgoers' ...