the catholic church is in this odd position of being the crux of a lot of the the catholic church in my community was all very pro-immigrant. they were the one that would shelter the immigrant, shelter the person who was threatened by deportation, they would shelter the poor. pope francis has lifted up the fact that we are a church who care for individuals and charity, but we also care for justice and working to the to hear the stories of everyone is how we build peace, both within our church and without. and the new appointments for leadership within the roman catholic church in the united states have evidenced a critical engagement of this caring for
the evidence destroyed. all of this has been kept secret now for 18 years. cnn s susan candiotti following the story for us. susan, explain what has been found here. this is potentially very explosive. yes, don. did philadelphia s former roman catholic cardinal anthony bevilaqua order his staff to deep six evidence about abusive priests? a 1994 memo surfaced that appears to make that claim. it s a handwritten note on a memo that, according to court documents, lists the names of 35 priests the church suspected of sex abuse. a bishop writes this, i shredded four copies of these lists from the secret archives and lists four people including his boss, the cardinal adding this action was taken on the basis of a directive i received from cardinal bevilaqua at the directors meeting of 3/15/94. bevilaqua died last night. paul kcallan speaks. it s a shocking indictment of the highest ranking people in the roman catholic church in the united states. that memo is now evidence