MILWAUKEE (WI)
WTMJ
[with audio]
By Jaclyn Brandt
MILWAUKEE – Archbishop Listecki agreed to talk about the thousands of pages of documents recently released regarding the sex abuse scandal in the Milwaukee Archdiocese.
He began by confronting the idea that Cardinal Dolan (then archbishop of Milwaukee) transferred funds to an account that would be protected by bankruptcy.
“Of course it was a proper transfer,” he said. “Those funds continue to be set aside for the perpetual care of the cemeteries. My sense is all Cardinal Dolan was doing is being diligent as a leader.”
Archbishop Listecki explained that the release of documents was an attempt to help the victims.
“One of the things immediately is we made the documents available in response to the attorneys representing the claimants in the bankruptcy,” Listecki explained. “Their sense was to help the individuals understand what the archdiocese knew when it knew and how it responded to various aspects.”
The archdiocese said they are attempting to move forward, while understanding the problems of their past to help heal, and make sure they can stop it in the future.
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