Judge orders most Catholic Church names made public in Maryland AG report, calls for ‘more transparency, not less’

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Bishop W. Francis Malooly, left, with the late Cardinal William H. Keeler in 2005 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.

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Bishop W. Francis Malooly, left, with the late Cardinal William H. Keeler in 2005 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore.

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By Lee O. Sanderlin | lsanderlin@baltsun.com | Baltimore Sun

UPDATED: August 22, 2023 at 9:41 PM EDT

A judge has ordered the release of most of the names redacted in an attorney general’s report on the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s history of child sexual abuse, according to court records unsealed Tuesday. The order allows for the release Sept. 26 of 43 of the 46 blacked-out names, including those of five high-ranking church officials […]