The San Jose Catholic diocese plans to release the names of the priests accused of abusing children on Thursday.

Now, these will be the names and statuses of every priest who has already been found to be credibly accused of abusing minors.

Over the past few weeks, the diocese has held a number of listening sessions leading up to on Thursday.

No cameras were allowed inside the listening session, but about 100 people were in attendance. A dozen spoke, and some of them say they are victims of abuse.

“I am here today to hear about specific actions that we’re taking in the diocese to make sure that our children are safe,” San Jose resident Melinda Skeathe said.

Dozens gathered at Santa Teresa Catholic Church in hopes of receiving more information, more answers from the diocese of San Jose on the sexual abuse allegations.

“I don’t always know the action our church is taking,” Skeathe said. “I’ve heard later from our priest that the bishop is very proactive and has no tolerance, but I just need to hear that.”

On Wednesday, Bishop Patrick McGrath told church members there needs to be more transparency in the way the church responds to the sexual abuse allegations of minors by priests.

He hopes that releasing the names will help victims, survivors, and families heal.

“There will be one or two tomorrow that will be different but since 2002,” McGrath said. “We realized how important it was to the victims for their peace of mind for transparency that they will see the whole list together, and if there are other people out there who have not come forward, now is the moment to do so.”

The bishop said no one at this time is under any kind of investigation and that the cases involving the priests on the list have all been closed.

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