MILWAUKEE (WI)
Leader-Telegram
Associated Press
MILWAUKEE – The Archdiocese of Milwaukee plans to make dozens of priests’ personnel files public in the next week, along with hundreds of pages of other documents that sex abuse victims hope will hold Roman Catholic leaders accountable for transferring abusive priests to other parishes and concealing their crimes for decades.
The documents are being released as part of a deal reached in federal bankruptcy court between the archdiocese and victims suing it for fraud.
The archdiocese has said the records will include personnel files for 42 priests with verified claims of abuse against them, along with depositions from top church officials, including New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who previously led the Milwaukee archdiocese. The documents are to be posted on the archdiocese’s website by July 1.
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