MADISON (WI)
Wisconsin State Journal
July 23, 2018
By Mathew DeFour
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Flynn’s role in the Milwaukee Archdiocese priest abuse scandal received new attention Monday as a letter surfaced showing he met twice with a priest to discuss abuse allegations that weren’t referred to police until nine years later.
Flynn has maintained throughout the campaign that he didn’t represent abusive priests and was not part of what abuse victims say was a cover-up by the Archdiocese.
On Monday in a 45-minute conference call with reporters he confirmed the 1993 meeting with Marvin Knighton occurred and said he had similar meetings with “a handful of others.” But he disputed Knighton’s characterization that Flynn advised to wait and see if the alleged victim filed a complaint.
“What he says there is false,” Flynn said. “I insisted (the archdiocese) go to the police on any allegation.”
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