New Jersey Appeals Court Shields Seton Hall Abuse Probe Despite 1 Vatican Disclosure
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Updated · Bloomberg Law · Jun 15
New Jersey Appeals Court Shields Seton Hall Abuse Probe Despite 1 Vatican Disclosure
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg Law · Jun 15
Summary
A New Jersey appeals court ruled Monday that Seton Hall largely does not have to turn over Latham & Watkins' investigation into abuse allegations tied to Theodore McCarrick.
The court found the probe and related documents mostly remained protected even though the university had shared the report with the Vatican, the key issue in the disclosure fight.
Seton Hall commissioned the investigation after media reports and allegations that McCarrick abused seminarians while holding senior roles at the university and serving as Newark archbishop from 1986 to 2000.
The inquiry was arranged through Gibbons PC, which retained Latham & Watkins, and the ruling preserves attorney-linked protections in the underlying litigation.