WATERBURY, Conn.—A court hearing is planned to determine when to release documents generated for sexual abuse lawsuits against priests in a Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut.
The hearing will be held Monday in Waterbury Superior Court after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the Diocese of Bridgeport, which has been fighting for years to prevent the release of the documents.
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that more than 12,000 pages from 23 lawsuits against six priests should be unsealed.
The records, which include depositions, affidavits and motions, have been under seal since the diocese settled the cases in 2001 and could shed light on how recently retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan handled the allegations when he was Bridgeport bishop.
