In Re Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland in Or.

ORDER

The opinion filed September 21, 2011, is amended as follows:

With these amendments, the panel has voted to deny Appellant Father D’s Petition for Panel Rehearing filed on October 5, 2011.

The panel has voted to deny Appellant Father M’s motions and alternative motions filed on October 5, 2011. This denial is without prejudice to Father M’s bringing a motion in the district court, under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for relief from the bankruptcy court’s order in light of our opinion, as amended by this order. The district court is hereby directed to consider and rule on any such promptly filed motion before remanding this case to the bankruptcy court.

The panel has voted to deny Appellee’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc filed on October 5, 2011.

No further filings shall be accepted in this case.

OPINION

Documents produced in discovery and filed in the bankruptcy court contained allegations that Fathers M and D, two priests who were not parties to the Portland Archdiocese’s bankruptcy case, had sexually abused children. The bankruptcy court held that the discovery documents at issue could be disclosed to the public, because the public’s interest in…