Documents detail church sex abuse in Chicago

Name: Documents detail church sex abuse in Chicago
Uploaded: 2014-01-22T00:52:42Z
Duration: P468S
Description: The revelation that the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago hid decades of child sex abuse was revealed through documents as part of a settlement with victims. The papers describe how church leadership reassigned priests accused of abuse to different parishes. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeff Anderson, attorney for the plaintiffs.

Clip: 01/21/2014 | 7m 48s

The revelation that the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago hid decades of child sex abuse was revealed through documents as part of a settlement with victims. The papers describe how church leadership reassigned priests accused of abuse to different parishes. Gwen Ifill talks to Jeff Anderson, attorney for the plaintiffs.

Aired: 01/21/14

Rating: NR

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Documents detail church sex abuse in Chicago

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