(December 19, 2019, 12:07 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — The Holy See’s policy of secrecy and concealment when it came to child sex abuse allegations allowed perpetrators to be protected and victims to be silenced, a class of individuals alleges in a Dec. 17 class lawsuit filed in a federal court in New York; the individuals previously settled sex abuse claims with the Catholic dioceses in New York (Stephen Hurn, et al. v. The Holy See, No. 19-11537, S.D. N.Y.)....