Huge Victory for Truth, Transparency and the Protection of Children

By Jeff Anderson

The decision today of the United States Supreme Court denying the Diocese of Bridgeport’s request to keep documents and evidence and crimes under seal is a huge victory for the civil child protection movement and the protection of children across the country. It is the Diocese of Bridgeport and other dioceses like it that for decades have kept secrets of crimes under seal, oftentimes documented in their own files and thus offenders across the land have been protected by practice and protocols by the Bishops. The U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling today by Justice Ginsburg denying the Bridgeport Diocese’s request to continue a stay on the release of the documents is a victory for truth and transparency and until the bishops and the Diocese across the land come clean, the children remain at peril. We applaud the courageous survivors that have begun this journey in Connecticut and those across the land that are fighting similar battles.


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