WISCONSIN
WTMJ

Connor Swiney
Nov 26, 2016

Following lawsuits levied by those sexually abused by members of the Church, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Despite their financial situation, Archbishop Jerome Listecki says the Church’s mission goes on.

“Whatever we had, whether its ten cents or one hundred million dollars. This is our mission given by Christ,” says Listecki.

Listecki says he’s the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese to be in debt.

“You go into bankruptcy to be solvent. In order to make sure our obligations were fulfilled, we had to go into debt. We’re more than glad to do that so that we can bring some type of closure to those who are victims” says Listecki.