Archbishop Speaks out on Priest Abuse Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki Is Defending the Way He Handled a Priest Abuse Case That Surfaced during His Final Months As LA Crosse Bishop, WSAW, February 17, 2010

Archbishop Speaks out on Priest Abuse
Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki Is Defending the Way He Handled a Priest Abuse Case That Surfaced during His Final Months As LA Crosse Bishop.

WSAW
February 17, 2010

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MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki is defending the way he handled a priest abuse case that surfaced during his final months as La Crosse Bishop.

A parishoner went to church leaders last August claiming a La Crosse priest sexually assualted her when she sought his advice about her pending divorce.

The diocese found no evidence of abuse, but La Crosse prosecutors concluded there was enough to charge the priest with misdemeanor sexual assault.

Church officials have been criticized for dragging their feet and not referring the case to police.

Archbishop Listecki says clergy abuse cases against children, and cases where adults claim to have been victimized as children, are turned over to police.