MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
A Milwaukee-area priest who was restricted from ministry for sexually abusing a child in the 1960s has died, and victim advocates are objecting to his being buried in his priestly vestments.
“This is absolutely outrageous,” Peter Isely of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests said of the funeral Thursday for Jerome E. Lanser, 79.
“Here’s a man who violated everything the priesthood stands for,” and he is being buried “in full uniform,” he said.
SNAP on Friday delivered a letter to Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki asking him to cease allowing sexual abusers to be buried with full priestly honors.
“To do so dishonors all priests who have served the church with selfless and upright conduct,” it says.
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