Saginaw's top Catholic bishop -- called 'kingpin' by lawyer -- to be named in Philadelphia clergy sex abuse lawsuit, reports indicate | MLive.com

 

Lawyers claim Bevilacqua in 1994 ordered the destruction of documents naming 35 priests suspected of child molestation.

Cistone witnessed the shredding while serving as a church official in the Philadelphia area and later lied to a grand jury when he did not acknowledge the documents or their destruction during a previous testimony, attorneys claim

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