On August 22, 2023, the Baltimore Church scandal—along with the names of five ranking archdiocese officials involved in mishandling the church sexual abuse crisis, seven of the ten alleged abusers whose names were initially redacted will be released. A Baltimore, Maryland judge ordered that most redactions be lifted, including names initially blacked out in the Attorney General’s Report on the history of Child Sexual Abuse in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The new report with the redactions lifted will be released in late September.
Attorney General releases report in Baltimore church scandal.
Maryland’s Attorney General released the 456-page report in Pring of 2023. Their investigation details over 150 abusers within the Archdiocese who are involved in the Baltimore Church scandal that allegedly assaulted more than 600 children over decades. Child Sexual Abuse Attorney Steve Boyd believes the number is much higher. “I started investigating child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in 1993. I think the coming months will reveal a much higher number of survivors”, Boyd said.
The names of ten alleged abusers were redacted when the report was first released. The report also redacted the names of five ranking officials of the Archdiocese of Baltimore who had “had extensive participation in the Archdiocese’s handling of abuser clergy and reports of child abuse,” according to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office.
Members of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, known as SNAP, have been calling for the full report’s release since early 2023.
For more information on the lifting of redactions in the Baltimore church scandal, see this report from the Baltimore Sun.
If you were sexually abused by a priest in the Archdiocese of Baltimore