A 35-page motion (full text) was filed yesterday by the Attorney General of Maryland in a Maryland state trial court seeking court approval to release a 456-page Report on Clergy Abuse in Maryland. In re Special Investigation No. CID 18-2673 (Baltomore City Cir. Ct., filed 11/17/2022). The Report that is the subject of the motion is the product of a three-and-one-half year grand jury investigation into sexual abuse by priests assigned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the Archdiocese's response to that abuse. Court approval is needed in order to release grand jury material. According to the motion:
The Report identifies 115 priests that were prosecuted for sex abuse and/or identified publicly by the Archdiocese as having been "credibly accused" of sexual abuse. The Report includes an additional 43 priests accused of sexual abuse but not identified publicly by the Archdiocese....
As shown in the Report, both boys and girls were abused, with ages ranging from preschool through young adulthood....
Washington Post reports on the AG's motion.
