St Paul, Minnesota

Attorney seeks to sue Holy See over abuse

An attorney has announced that he is suing the Holy See for documents relating to sexual abuse, reports the Catholic News Service. St Paul attorney Jeff Anderson is representing five sexual abuse survivors suing the Holy See for names of clerical offenders worldwide and the names of Church leaders who have been involved in cover-up. The lawsuit alleges that the Holy See was in a position to know the danger that the abusing priests in the plaintiffs’ cases posed to children, but mandated policies of secrecy that discouraged Church leaders from reporting sexual abuse to civil authorities. Anderson has previously attempted to sue the Holy See, without success.