Their names, which The Baltimore Sun previously verified and published, were set to be included in this most recent version of the report but are being withheld because the six are appealing the court’s decision to release them.
Another alleged abuser’s name is being withheld because the attorney general’s office was unable to contact him — The Sun also was able to identify him.
Neither the individuals whose names remain shielded nor those whose names are now public have been criminally charged. Should the appeals be unsuccessful, the attorney general could release those names in the future, the office said in a news release.“Without putting names to those who acted or failed to act when confronted with a slow-motion crisis of sexual abuse that revealed itself throughout most of the 20th century and beyond — it becomes impossible to fully understand the scope of what is detailed in the report,” Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert Taylor wrote in his Aug. 16 opinion.
“In today’s culture where hasty and errant conclusions are sometimes quickly formed, the mere inclusion of one’s name in a report such as this can wrongly and forever equate anyone named, no matter how innocuously, with those who committed the evilest acts,” Kendzierski wrote. “To continue to hide their identities does not advance that interest in public discourse; just the opposite,” the judge wrote. “It allows the most negative possible inferences to be drawn, while continuing to shroud this troubling history in secrecy.”
Taylor determined that the name of former Rev. Joseph F. O’Brien, No. 154 on the report’s “List of Abusers,” would remain redacted for the time being because the attorney general’s office has been unable to notify him about his inclusion in the report. That meant he was not afforded an opportunity to participate in a July hearing to argue against his name being made public.
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