The news that a court has ordered LA’s Roman Catholic Archdiocese to release thousands of records identifying the names of priests accused of child abuse is stirring discussions among Southland Catholics-especially those who’ve waited years for the ruling.

Some documents the Archdiocese must release are memos between top church officials and their attorneys, medical and psychological records, complaints from parents, and even correspondence with the Vatican about accused priests.

Once that evidence goes public, it will include a file about Esther Miller. When she was a 16-year-old in Van Nuys, a priest singled her out. Today, she’s in her forties.

‘I still had this box, and I didn’t even know that was evidence,’ Miller says. ‘The love letters, the cards, the gifts, the jewelry, money he gave me out of the collection basket.