Lawyers for New Orleans clergy abuse survivors ramp up pressure to depose archbishop

Lawyers for hundreds of survivors argue Gregory Aymond should be questioned under oath about role in the clergy abuse crisis

A group of attorneys representing clergy abuse survivors is ramping up pressure to get the archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, under oath before a judge decides whether to kick the church out of bankruptcy.

Lawyers for hundreds of survivors filed a motion Wednesday to end the church's Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a day before the fifth anniversary of a case that's paid none of about 500 survivors but has cost the archdiocese around $45m in legal and professional fees.