ALBUQUERQUE (NM)
KOB4
October 18, 2017
By Chris Ramirez
[Note: This video includes scenes from Judge Alan Malott’s courtroom, a brief interview with survivors’ attorney Levi Monagle, and a statement of KOB’s planned approach to the three released files.]
For decades, the Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe has kept thousands of files on priests who abused children a secret, guarded by a court-protected confidentiality order.
KOB and members of its legal team challenged that secrecy in court. Judge Alan Malott agreed with the station that much of the information should no longer be kept in guarded files, saying that’s time to make the information available to the public.
Watch the above video to hear from KOB’s Chris Ramirez on why the station waged the fight, and what we plan on doing next.
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