WISCONSIN
Gazette Xtra
JONAH BELECKIS
Sunday, August 7, 2016
ELKHORN—Court cases are like puzzles, now-retired Walworth County Judge James Carlson says.
Some are easy to put together. Some are difficult.
Carlson, 72, of Whitewater, retired Monday after 37 years as a judge. He still remembers certain cases, and most of them were the difficult ones. …
Carlson remembers the Rev. Donald McGuire, a Jesuit priest from Illinois who was convicted in 2006 on five charges of indecent behavior with a child and sentenced to seven years in prison. After the case wrapped up, Carlson said, nearly 40 people came forward to say they had been molested.
Today, the story of priest sexual abuse is still in the news, particularly after the movie “Spotlight” won an Oscar for its portrayal of The Boston Globe’s investigation in the early 2000s.
Some of these ills of society have gotten better over time. Some have gotten worse.
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