Seton Hall University renews secrecy bid in priest abuse cases

Seton Hall University renews secrecy bid in priest abuse cases

Seton Hall University has fought for years to keep a lengthy outside review of clergy abuse secret. Now, they want a court order to release it overturned. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor)Seton Hall University doubled down Thursday on its yearslong battle to keep secret a 2019 report on how the school handled a priest’s sex abuse of seminarians, asking a state appellate panel to reverse a lower court’s order to disclose the report and related record…

Seton Hall University renews secrecy bid in priest abuse cases – BishopAccountability.org

Seton Hall University doubled down Thursday on its yearslong battle to keep secret a 2019 report on how the school handled a priest’s sex abuse of seminarians, asking a state appellate panel to reverse a lower court’s order to disclose the report and related records. Patrick Papalia, an attorney for the private Catholic university in South Orange, insisted the documents in question — including the report, emails between Seton Hall and various la…