The attorney general’s office learned about their alleged crimes as part of its four-year investigation into child sexual abuse in the Catholic archdiocese. The names of the 10 alleged abusers, including Cimino’s, are redacted in the version of the report issued April 5 to the public because they are living and had never been publicly identified. In an email, Collins wrote “there is no evidence to support the allegations” against the people whose names were redacted in the public report. Collins threatened to sue the publication for defamation on behalf of his unnamed client if The Sun published redacted names. Collins called it “inappropriate,” “illegal” and “irresponsible” for The Sun to reveal the redacted names. “There is a legal process in place,” Collins said, referring to an ongoing court battle over redactions. Collins declined to say if Cimino is his client, only that he represents someone whose name has been redacted from the attorney general’s report. Collins, called The Sun on Friday in response to contact information a reporter left a day earlier with a woman staffing the choir office.
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