Years ago I testified at trial (for victims’ counsel) in a well-publicized priest sex abuse case in a different city. There were extensive investigative records in that case going back decades involving dozens of victims. The judge in that case disallowed so much testimony on behalf of victims it was shocking. I was only allowed to testify because I had first-hand knowledge that directly impeached sworn testimony of a defense witness. That case was so sad and involved several of my friends. One committed suicide at 14 and his parents found a note incriminating the priest. The ONLY reason any of the information was public was because of the work of some brave reporters and the accounts of several brave victims and families. Even now years later it’s depressing to think about. The extent to which judges and police were complicit in not only covering up the original abuse but in re-victimizing the victims through gaslighting, sealing records, and covering up reports is abhorrent. The Baltimore Diocese - and this judge - will never have an ounce of moral credibility so long as these records are hidden. Shame on all of them.