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Syracuse Diocese Forced to Hand Over Documents in Case

By Elizabeth Christensen

Syracuse, NY – A judge has ruled that the Syracuse Catholic Diocese must release personnel records in the sexual misconduct case of Monsignor Charles Sewall.

State Supreme Court Judge John Grow says the Diocese must release the documents to the judge in the case. That judge will then decide what to show prosecuting attorneys.

The lawyer representing the three men who accuse Sewall of sexual misconduct accused the Syracuse Diocese of stalling the case earlier this week.

The Plaintiffs in the case say Sewall abused them while they were students at a Catholic high school in Utica in the 1970's and 80's.