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Capuchin report: 46 friars alleged to have assaulted children, 23 named
Abuse “audit” a good and important start, but much more needs to be done, victims say
Order spent “eight times” more on lawyers than compensating victims
But key abuse documents have yet to obtained or were destroyed

Statement by Peter Isely, SNAP Midwest Director (Milwaukee)
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(NB: Isely is a victim/survivor of sexual assault by a Capuchin priest while attending St. Lawrence Seminary boarding high school, see his profile here).

Today, in a first voluntary effort of its kind in the history of the child sex abuse crisis, a Catholic religious order, the Midwest Province of the Capuchin Franciscans, released a voluntary “audit” of their clergy abuse files, naming 23 of 46 friars alleged to have raped or sexually assaulted children.
The list of the…