California Court Sets Deadline For Release of Orders' Personnel Files On Accused Members

Southern California Public Radio reports that a Los Angeles Superior Court judge yesterday set September 10 as the deadline for 50 independent religious orders in the Los Angeles Catholic Diocese to release personnel files of members who have been accused of abusing children. The release was agreed to in a 2007 settlement of litigation.  The Archdiocese personnel files have already been released, but now files of up to 100 additional priests and brothers will become public.