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Maryland Supreme Court to hear case on unredacted clergy abuse report

Petitioners argue the attorney general exceeded authority

The 2023 Child Victims Act ended statute of limitations on abuse lawsuits

Archdiocese filed bankruptcy as nearly 1,000 claims emerged

The Maryland Supreme Court on Friday is set to hear arguments against the release of an unredacted version of a 2023 report by the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, which documented decades of child sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore .

Several groups of anonymous petitioners — current or former archdiocese officials, clergy and others — are challenging decisions by the Baltimore City Circuit Court and the Maryland Appellate Court giving the OAG the permission to pub

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