Hudson, Wis., family suit seeks names of clergy sex abusers

The Associated Press via the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports on a new development in the killing of Daniel O'Connell and James Ellison by Father Ryan Erickson.

The family of a man believed to have been killed by a Roman Catholic priest in Hudson filed a civil lawsuit today against nearly 200 bishops and other church officials, asking them to disclose the names of abusive priests.

Update: WTMJ-TV has video (after a brief commercial).

Update 2: as reported in the St. Paul Pioneer Press

Nearly 200 bishops were named in a civil lawsuit Tuesday by the family of Dan O'Connell, one of two men shot to death at his family's Hudson funeral home in 2002.

The family filed the unprecedented lawsuit, which asks for the names and locations of some 5,000 clergy accused of molesting children, so they can publicize the list. They say the list is known only to the church.

The litigation is unique because of its scope and because others may join to make it a national class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Council [sic] of Catholic Bishops, said Jeff Anderson, the attorney for Dan O'Connell's family.