MILWAUKEE (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Crocker Stephenson of the Journal Sentinel
St. Francis — Infuriated members of a group representing clergy and survivors of clergy abuse met outside the Archdiocese of Milwaukee’s headquarters Wednesday, calling the church’s bankruptcy reorganization plan an affront to Pope Francis’ s message of healing and renewal.
“This is not the way a new church is going to be born,” said Peter Isely, a member of the Survivors and Clergy Leadership Alliance. “This is the old church.”
Archbishop Jerome Listecki announced on a radio talk show Wednesday morning that the archdiocese, as part of bankruptcy reorganization plan, would set aside $4 million to compensate sex abuse victims.
“It’s not just what is in the plan, but how it was communicated,” Isely said. “He doesn’t have the common decency, much less the Christian charity, to look survivors and victims’ family members in the face and explain to them why this amount is so low. We find out about it because it’s been on a radio talk show.”
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