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	Appeals Court Halts Order Forcing Release of Victims Names The Associated Press, carried in Kentucky.com September 30, 2006 http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/local/15648432.htm Burlington, Ky. - Attorneys do not have to turn over the names of victims of sexual abuse at the hands of priests in northern Kentucky until there is a full hearing on the issue, the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled. The appeals court on Friday issued an emergency stay of an order that would have forced attorneys in the class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington to give prosecutors the names of their clients, as well as details of the alleged abuse. The court set arguments in the case for Oct. 11. Along with names, Judge John Potter ordered attorneys to give prosecutors contact information and any allegations of other abuses by the priests. Potter said the names of the victims would not be made public unless necessary. Attorney Stan Chesley of Cincinnati, who represents the victims, and Carrie Huff, the attorney for the diocese, objected, saying the victims were promised anonymity and some information was passed along to prosecutors throughout the civil case. The dispute arose in the $84 million class-action settlement between more than 300 victims and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington. The diocese was accused of covering up the misdeeds of priests and employees over a 50-year period in a diocese that once included 57 counties across a large swath of Kentucky.
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