the evidence destroyed. all of this has been kept secret now for 18 years. cnn s susan candiotti following the story for us. susan, explain what has been found here. this is potentially very explosive. yes, don. did philadelphia s former roman catholic cardinal anthony bevilaqua order his staff to deep six evidence about abusive priests? a 1994 memo surfaced that appears to make that claim. it s a handwritten note on a memo that, according to court documents, lists the names of 35 priests the church suspected of sex abuse. a bishop writes this, i shredded four copies of these lists from the secret archives and lists four people including his boss, the cardinal adding this action was taken on the basis of a directive i received from cardinal bevilaqua at the directors meeting of 3/15/94. bevilaqua died last night. paul kcallan speaks. it s a shocking indictment of the highest ranking people in the roman catholic church in the united states. that memo is now evidence