document suggested the late Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua and other Pennsylvania bishops formed an ad hoc committee to "better protect ... from civil law discovery" secret-archive files of priests with a history of problems, including of allegations of sexually abusing minors.
Of the 323 files in the secret archives, 35 were compiled into a memorandum sent up Monsignor Lynn's chain of command, memorializing instances of allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in the archdiocese. On one iteration of the list, three priests were labeled as diagnosed pedophiles, 12 as guilty of sexual misconduct with minors and 20 priests had allegations of sexual misconduct made about them but there
Bishops created a committee to hide archives from discovery - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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