OAKLAND (CA)
The Daily Review
By Glenn Chapman, STAFF WRITER
OAKLAND -- Catholic church officials have until three days after Christmas to turn over personnel files of priests accused of sexual abuse to attorneys, an Oakland judge ordered Friday.
If there are portions of records that defense lawyers believe shouldn't be revealed, they must specify the pages and the legal reasoning by Dec. 21, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Ronald Sabraw told a courtroom packed with attorneys involved in the approximately 160 civil suits combined under the title "Clergy III."
Those challenges should go beyond concerns about privileged relationships, such as attorney-client or doctor-patient, which will be addressed in an itemized log to be filed with the court, Sabraw said.
Posted by kshaw at December 18, 2004 06:50 AM