MILWAUKEE (WI)
Wisconsin State Journal
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE — The Archdiocese of Milwaukee has confirmed that it paid suspected pedophile priests to leave the ministry.
That comes after a document surfaced in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy discussing a 2003 proposal to pay $20,000 to “unassignable priests” who accept a return to the laity.
The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests characterizes the payments as a payoff and bonuses to priests who molested children. The group is calling on the archdiocese to release all records involving the payments and its handling of clergy sex abuse cases.
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