MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
Jan. 17, 2013
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said Thursday it will allow a Fond du Lac police detective to review the file of a defrocked priest as part of an ongoing sex-abuse investigation there, in response to a motion filed the same day by sex-abuse victims in its bankruptcy case.
That motion accuses the archdiocese of using the bankruptcy’s broad protective order, which is intended to shield victims, to withhold information about the former priest, Jerome Wagner, from a Fond du Lac detective in December.
It asks U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Susan V. Kelley to make public all records, depositions and other sealed documents involving credibly accused priests and church workers, saying the move is needed to protect children.
Archdiocese spokesman Jerry Topczewski said Friday that it has a long-standing policy of cooperating with civil authorities investigating clergy abuse, and it blamed the lapse on an internal breakdown of communication.
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