MILWAUKEE (WI)
WISN
MILWAUKEE —Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he found a diocese full of “hurting souls” in Milwaukee as the priest sexual abuse scandal exploded in 2002, the same year Dolan was appointed archbishop of Milwaukee.
Clergy sex abuse documents and depositions from the Milwaukee archdiocese are released as part of its bankruptcy proceedings.
Dolan’s most extensive comments yet on the scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church were revealed Monday in a deposition he gave on Feb. 20, 2013, in New York City, where he is now archbishop. The deposition was part of thousands of pages of documents released in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s bankruptcy case.
Dolan told the attorney taking the deposition that he believed he had an obligation to his people.
“The souls of some people who had been damaged in a nauseating way when they were young people, they were hurting, their parents were hurting, the parishes were hurting,” Dolan said in the deposition.
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