WISCONSIN
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
Oct. 2, 2012
It is a story almost too horrible to comprehend.
Deaf boys sent by their parents to a Catholic boarding school in Wisconsin, where they were molested again and again by a popular priest who stalked them in their dorm rooms at night, on trips to his North Woods cabin, even in the confessional.
Dismissed as “mentally retarded,” they were often not believed, or worse ignored, for years by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, police, prosecutors and the media.
Gary Smith and Arthur Budzinski are among the victims of the late Father Lawrence Murphy who have worked for decades to make their voices heard. Their heartbreaking accounts have since been told on the pages of the Journal Sentinel and The New York Times.
Now they’ll reach a new and potentially wider audience with the release of an HBO documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney.
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