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	Court Deals Legal Setback for Springfield Diocese WPRI March 23, 2007 http://www.eyewitnessnewstv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6268881&nav=F2DO Springfield, Mass. — The state Appeals Court upholds a lower court ruling requiring the Catholic Diocese of Springfield to turn over thousands of pages of documents from sexual abuse claims to its insurance companies. The judge rejected claims that most of the seven-thousand pages of documents were protected from public disclosure by state law. The diocese is suing six insurance companies to get them to cover claims of people who say they were sexually abused by priests. The insurers argue that the documents will enable them to see how the diocese handled claims of sexual abuse by priests and whether it fulfilled its obligations to protect the public. A spokesman says diocese officials are disappointed in the decision.
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