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Report Names More Than 80 Alleged Predator Priests Over 6 Decades in San Bernardino

Attorney Mike Reck, at an L.A. news conference in October 2018, says his firm's report is intended to shine a spotlight on the history of alleged sexual abuse by priests in the San Bernardino Diocese. (Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

A Minnesota-based law firm has released a report chronicling decades of alleged sexual abuse by clergy within the San Bernardino Diocese.

In October, the diocese released its own list of 34 priests who had been accused of abusing children. In the new report, released Thursday, Jeff Anderson & Associates of Minnesota contend that the diocese has not been fully transparent about the extent of sexual misconduct within the district.

“San Bernardino has disclosed in the past a certain number of offenders,” said Mike Reck, an attorney for the firm. “We know and believe and can prove that their list is incomplete.”

The report names more than 80 clergy members accused of sexual misconduct dating back to the 1950s. Most of the claims brought against these clerics have been settled or have not been fully evaluated in court, according to the report.

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