Baltimore church leaders handing over files amid abuse probe

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Baltimore has delivered over 50,000 pages of internal files to Maryland's top law enforcement official amid an investigation into child sex abuse and is in the process of handing over more, church leaders announced Tuesday.

Archbishop William Lori described the clergy sex abuse scourge that's been rocking the church as a "genuine crisis" and said Baltimore's archdiocese is "working very hard to cooperate" with Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh's investigation. Lori asserted that any credible allegations have long been sent to the attorney general's office so their hope is the documents "will be helpful in the process of being transparent and forthright about all of this.