LOS ANGELES, June 19 (UPI) -- A California judge ruled that the Los Angeles Archdiocese must release the personnel files of Roman Catholic clergy accused of molesting children.

"The rights of privacy must give way to the state's interest in protecting its children from sexual abuse," Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Peter D. Lichtman said in a ruling issued Monday, The Los Angeles Times reported.

Lichtman ruled in a case concerning a few Franciscan friars but his decision could have broader implications in a diocese facing more than 500 legal claims from people who charge it didn't protect them from abuse.

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