(CNN)- A Philadelphia archdiocese official on trial for allegedly covering up the sexual abuse of children has asked a court to throw out charges against him based on a 1994 memo
showing Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua ordered a list of suspected
abusive Catholic
priests to be destroyed.
In a March 2009 article for Sport and Society, professors Ashley Stirling and Gretchen Kerr» research
shows that some athletes imagine the coach's position, even when
abusive, as comparable to a
priest or a cult leader.